Raising My Children Differently

Last week was really busy. I didn't get much done in terms of personal projects. My brothers stayed at my house on and off all week, we did lots of driving, we went to Evermore (it was amazing), and I spent half of Sunday cooking for Father's Day for my dad and husband. I can't [...]

Her Prayer Journal

I had every intention of writing a blog post last Tuesday. My brothers came over to spend the night, though, and I was exhausted as it was. By nightfall I was too overwhelmed to even think about it. Last week the boys came without much warning. This week there's a chance they might be coming [...]

Her Fight Against Suicide

Last weekend was a bad one. I've been suicidal on and off since the day I wrote and published 'When She is Suicidal.' It's progressively gotten worse. Sometimes I've told Alex. Other times, he probably didn't notice anything was off at all. Even on my worst days I still did everything on my To-Do lists, or [...]

His Current Goals

Sorry I'm late this week. I really don't have an excuse, just procrastination supplemented by a strange shift in my work week. (This is Mariah stepping in real quick. I thought about rewriting that paragraph above this one, but then again, it's kind of funny. It just came to my attention that this article has [...]

When She is Suicidal

Is it because I don't really want to die? Or it because I'm afraid my method won't work and I'll just end up crippling myself for life? Right now, I suppose it's the former. But in the past, it's often been the latter. I wish I had the courage right now to want to kill [...]

Her Perspective on Money

Alex and I have had several conversations about this topic since Saturday, both before and after he published his article with his texts to me. I don't think it's fair to him to publish that line of thought, because I'm hoping that his idea of money has already evolved into something beyond that. At the same time, he isn't [...]

God Loves You

He loves you for who you always have been, who you are, and who you will become.

Her Perspective on His Autism

I love him more than anything on this earth, and I wouldn't have him any other way.

Her Career Dilemma

*I've decided we're going to start writing some of our articles from individual perspectives about our personal circumstances, since even though we're married, we're two different people with different problems. I've assigned Alex to write his article by Thursday night, and he's accepted the challenge yet, though, so we'll see. If this happens, we'll start [...]

Our First Miscarriage

*Warning: this post may contain too much bloody TMI. I tried to keep it low key. Also, it's really, really long. Just to warn you.* It could be our only miscarriage. Who knows. For now, I only know it's our first. Alex and I were not in a rush to have another child. Heck, we [...]