I was a Christian homeschooling mom. Never did I imagine I would become the mother of a drug addict. None of us are prepared for parenting. The delicate dance of parenting an adult child can turn into a nightmare when dealing with drug ...
Painful parenting
My Real Mom
Guest Post by Dianna Ek M.A. I'm not adopted. But did I really know my mom? I can't say that I did. Because the communication between my mother and myself was always at a small talk level. I never knew her real feelings or anything about her ...
New Year’s Resolution: Giving up pain
Someone once said, Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. No life is ever completely without pain. A privilege of being human is that life will be painful. But I've lived long enough to distinguish between inevitable pain and optional ...
Talking About Estranged Adult Children and Some Healing Advice
This post originally appeared on www.sixtyandme.com. Last month I wrote an article about how to deal with estranged adult children. It was in the choppy wake of Mother’s Day. Many of us were feeling the heightened sting of loss. I was ...
11 WAYS TO HEAL FROM ADULT CHILD ESTRANGEMENT
This article originally appeared on www.sixtyandme.com Your heart has been pierced. You have experienced estrangement from a child you thought you would always be close to. It is a devastation you never thought you would experience. At some ...