Overcoming Debilitating Anxiety with Courage A Thirteen-Year-Old’s Success Story One year ago, on my daughter’s last day of 7th grade, and just days away from her thirteenth birthday, she and I were both “facedown in the arena”, our faces “marred by dust and sweat, and blood”. Through laughter and tears, heartbreak and pride, together, she… Continue reading Overcoming Debilitating Anxiety with Courage
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An Open Letter to My Daughter’s Therapist on Mother’s Day
Dear [Therapist], We met you for the first time on April 9, 2018, the date etched in my memory forever, as it was the first time that I truly felt understood. Thank you. Without you, I cannot begin to imagine what our life would be like. While physically, I was alive when we first met,… Continue reading An Open Letter to My Daughter’s Therapist on Mother’s Day
5 Personality Traits That Make My Anxious Daughter A Warrior
5 Personality Traits that Make My Anxious Daughter a Warrior At just 13, my daughter is a warrior. She battles anxiety like her life depends on it, never knowing when the beast will rear its gnarly head. Her senses are heightened at all times, just waiting to engage when her heart races, palms turn sweaty,… Continue reading 5 Personality Traits That Make My Anxious Daughter A Warrior
Fearing the Future as a Special Needs Parent
Fearing the Future as a Special Needs Parent As my daughter and son grow, I often find myself dreaming of their future. I image them leaving for their first dance, being behind the wheel of the car for the first time, falling in lust (teenage love), throwing their caps in the air at… Continue reading Fearing the Future as a Special Needs Parent
Anxiety Will No Longer Be Your Cocoon, Sweet Girl
Dear Sweet (13-year-old) Baby Girl, I so often look at you and ask why? Why were you chosen to battle this beast of anxiety that hijacks you so quickly and frequently? Why was this enormous burden placed on your young shoulders? Why does your infectious laugh and kind heart get trampled by sadness and… Continue reading Anxiety Will No Longer Be Your Cocoon, Sweet Girl
Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child
Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child It has taken me years to be at a point emotionally where I can share our detailed child anxiety story clearly. I have so much I need to share because I am not the only mom parenting a child with severe anxiety,… Continue reading Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child