...When we first married, I wanted to keep my last name, spend money the way I saw fit, carry on with my own schedule, and basically ignore his needs and desires... More >>

...When my daughter was in the first grade, her best friend's family bought a large new house. Both parents worked, and my daughter's friend bragged incessantly about having the biggest, best house in the neighborhood... More >>

I used to work over forty hours a week on a head injury unit as a speech pathologist. I continued to do so after having my first son. I'd drop him off at my parents' house at 7AM and pick him up at 4PM. It was horrible. I felt like I wasn't a mom... More >>

I have two brothers and three sisters, and it finally dawned on me, my Mother adores her sons and competes with her daughters... More >>

...[T]he following words from a judge who regularly deals with youth: Always we hear the cry from teenagers 'What can we do, where can we go?' More >>

Alzheimer's disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Behind this statistic are 16 million Americans providing unpaid care to a loved one with Alzheimer's or related dementias. The face of caregiving today is a family member or friend doing their best to survive the role of care partner... More >>

Several years ago, when my husband and I were almost empty-nesters, my 20-year-old daughter discovered her dad was having an affair, and she told me about it... More >>

I purchased one of your necklaces in your Valentine's Day Boutique. I wanted to share with you what that necklace means to me... More >>

Although bullying prevention efforts tend to focus on middle schools and high schools, bullying behavior begins at much younger ages... More >>

My mother knowingly married a convicted child molester when I was twelve years old, and he abused me until I "ran away" from home at 21. To this day, my mother denies any knowledge of his actions, even though I had him sent to jail... More >>