Your perspective changes when you have a child with mental illness or with addiction. Things that used to be very much black and white have a tendency to blur around the edges. Areas of life that have inspired judgment or impatience may now, instead, engender compassion.
Or What I Learned From My Children with Addiction and Mental Illness When you are the parent of an addict or someone struggling with mental health issues, you are in a unique place to learn a few lessons in grace. So often, we look at our kids in these positions Read more…
When you are parenting a child who has mental health issues or is fighting addiction it can sometimes feel as if there are never going to be any bright days ahead. The storm has closed in and all that you can see are the dark clouds and the lashing winds. Read more…