When Awakening Feels Like Betrayal

After the conversation I wrote about last week—the one where my daughter told me “You're not the villain, but you're definitely not the victim”—I kept turning her words over in my heart. They stayed with me like a bell still ringing long after the sound had stoppe...

Melvin Hawkins Is Our Rock

There are some people who change your life just by showing up. Melvin is one of those people—for my son, and by extension, for me.

My son needed something I could never give him. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because I didn’t try. But because some things can’t be ta...