“You need to come to my office as soon as you can. I don’t want to discuss it on the phone.” Those are words you never want to hear from your doctor. I quickly drove over, gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms. I hadn’t been feeling well for months. I was tired right down…
I want to have a “Beach Boys” kind of summer. You know what I mean: Lazy, carefree days, full of sun and fun. Frolicking with my family like they do on those vacation destination commercials. Lounging by the pool. Unfortunately, summer usually doesn’t give me “Good Vibrations.” Instead, it causes an involuntary twitch. For most…
It had been a rough year. The tween years hit our household hard. We all struggled to figure out how to function as a family in this alien, adolescent twilight zone. None of the manuals had prepared us for this strange new world. I loved my daughter. I just didn’t quite recognize her. And she…
The consequences could be serious. But it’s difficult for my very smart son to fully grasp that. All he knows is that he’s sick of doing chest therapy, breathing treatments, taking handfuls of vitamins and eating healthy. Who could blame him? He just wants to be a “normal” teenager. And to him, being “normal” doesn’t…
