Mama's on Fire

It is dusk, but the darkest kind. There is rich grass backed by the spires of evergreens, framed in precisely outlined clouds. It is dusk...

I have just finished planning our school materials and calendar from now through June 2015. I had to adjust our calendar as my brother's...

I left my baby with you. My tiny, fragile, dependent baby was left in your care. It wasn't really care, was it? Lies. I sensed them f...

I am trying to figure out how to be the adult child of a mentally ill parent. Until tonight, I think I believed it was a lie. If he could ju...

Have you seen him? He's there. I keep trying to get a glimpse of him, but I never seem to catch him. Well, not until his damage is done,...

This weekend was my scheduled time to do our school progress check- in. I have this scheduled three times a year, and have..... *Wait, befor...

Below are some thoughts I had after my husband referred to me as 'prudish'. I realized that as a progressive, he sees me as prudish,...