It is really amazing how much better a person can feel just by talking it out. Sometimes, all people need is someone to listen without judgment. Someone who understands, or who at least tries extremely hard to see where you are coming from. Over the years, I have tried a lot of things when I […]
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Reaction to “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”

I wasn’t planning on writing anything else on the shootings that took place in a Connecticut elementary school or just anything on that topic but then this crossed my path (http://gawker.com/5968818/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother. I feel the need to write a response to it. I am not going to pretend what this woman, or any other parent, goes […]
Day 21: Mental Health and IBD

Mental health is the topic on tap for day 21 of National Health Blog Post Month and oh how IBD and mental health overlap! I have talked a good amount on my blog about the impact my struggle with ulcerative colitis took on my emotional health but for this post, I am going to try […]