I'm Glad My Mom Died

Maybe for this reason, Gabe’s parents, Joe and Barbara, had become important to Nishad. “They were the first grown-ups who took me seriously,” he said. “And it made me take myself seriously.” Gabe’s older brother, on the other hand, might as well have not existed. In high school, Sam didn’t seem to have much to do with Gabe or anyone else; he seldo

What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY can and should be where we find belonging, care, and love. But they are often also the source of our deepest wounds and our greatest damage. So, it is not without pause that I praise and celebrate family and community as safety and salvation.

that in our marriage, she had a guy who really deeply truly loved her. And she won’t tell them all the sacrifices she made. Any mother of three small children is consumed with taking care of them. Throw in a cancer-stricken husband and the result is a woman who is always dealing with someone else’s needs, not her own. I want my kids to know how sel