You know, it is really difficult enough to deal with ONE child and his issues.  It is plenty challenging to keep yourself, the parent, calm long enough to get through one tantrum, or a single meltdown, or a lone momentary trouble.  It is more than hard enough to make this journey seem hard.  When the reality is so much harder. The reality… Read More

Here we go. What is this, and why am I sharing it? It started out as the desire to change. Change me, change him, change our damaged relationship – we need to change the struggle between us. So, I entered therapy. My therapist and I started talking about how the dynamic between me and Ryder right now is accepted as normal:… Read More

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in my life. I have found myself parenting my four children in less than ideal ways.  I’m not the mom that I think I should be, nor the mother that I think my children need. But instead of changing, I keep telling myself about the day when I will finally ‘become a good mom’. I… Read More