When to Fight

In a recent Instagram post, I shared my most recent layer and struggle–well, the external part of it.  The response has been staggering–the emails pouring in–just like when I talked about my booze problemo for the first time. Summary: so many of us are struggling. With addiction. With pain. With trauma. With emotional abuse. With […]

The Food Inspector

When I was a child, my parents would get so aggravated at me during mealtimes.  My dad had nicknamed me “The Food Inspector.” Because I was like the Health Department on steroids. I found something bothersome in almost every meal we ate that came from somewhere else–whether it was Thanksgiving at the grandmother’s, Pizza Hut, […]