Chip Away the Stigma

Growing up, I honestly couldn't stand when a grown adult would throw around a random mental illness when getting frustrated with their kids. For example, my mother-in-law often told my husband that he needed to be on medication because "you're probably bipolar". In doing this repeatedly, she formed a stigma in his mind that turned … Continue reading Chip Away the Stigma

Life After the Pill, Pt. 6

I've now been birth control free for eight months! Not much has changed since my last update "Life After the Pill" update in July, but one of the biggest changes is I haven't had a migraine in months! I saw my doctor last month and she was very glad to hear that. As usual, my PMS … Continue reading Life After the Pill, Pt. 6

In One Ear and Out the Other

After almost a decade spent trying to tell pediatricians and specialists that there was definitely something going on with my oldest child, earlier this week we finally received an answer; she has Auditory Processing Disorder. Apparently, APD is not very well-known, and finding other parents of children with APD is difficult. I found one single … Continue reading In One Ear and Out the Other