My youngest child is fifteen now. How quickly the years have passed. He’s like most other fifteen-year-old boys. He spends a lot of time bent over his cell phone. I look at the top of his head more than I do his face. He immerses himself in video games, and his many friends are virtual. ...

Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 today! Recently I saw football players wearing shirts on the sidelines that said, “It’s okay to not be okay.” I’ve seen the shirts before, but it’s great to see on national T.V. The recent exposure of this quote shows people are talking more about mental health, and its ...

Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 here! The struggle is real! I say this jokingly when asked why I don’t have children at thirty-three. If you don’t know me, you don’t know that I have PCOS. Most of my symptoms aren’t noticeable, except for a few chin hairs. That is my typical “joke” answer, and ...

Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 here! I’ve heard multiple myths regarding PCOS. The one that bothers me the most is that PCOS only affects overweight women. It’s simply not true. Many women who have PCOS are overweight. However, PCOS doesn’t discriminate and can affect women of all sizes. The relationship between the two is ...

If you are that partner in crime… please leave now and get your innocent, helpless children out of that toxic environment. Stop waiting. Things are not going to get better. Your partner is not going to change. The fact that they’re sweet one moment isn’t going to stop them from becoming that monster a few ...

TRIGGER WARNING: THIS POEM CONTAINS CONTENT ABOUT RAPE THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SURVIVORS TO READ   Can you touch your body again after… Does your mind still feel the pain? Can you look in the mirror again after… Does your body still feel the touch? Can you walk through the door after… Does your ...