Roll your eyes if you must, but (as you know) I consider my dogs my kids.
But lately, I feel more like I’m raising teenagers. Yes, 4-legged teenagers.
Case in point:

That’s Ryder, riding shotgun in my car.
Remember those teenage years of riding in silence with your parents because you were too cool to talk?
Doesn’t it look like […]

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Yesterday I had one of those experiences about which you can laugh hysterically… after the fact.
You know what I mean?
I took William to his karate class, and brought Alexander along, too. All 3 of us had to use the bathrooms before class began. So we booked it real quick to the restrooms.
The only […]

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I always knew that I had a special relationship with my mom.
But it took me awhile longer to realize that not every daughter had a mother like mine.
I guess, when I was younger, I thought that all mothers were just like mine.
I thought that all mothers woke their daughters each morning with a loving kiss […]

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I had the opportunity to learn about Safe Kids while at Camp Baby earlier this month.
The mission of Safe Kids Worldwide is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under, and has actually reduced the unintentional injury death rate for children within that age range by 45% over the past […]

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I know, I know. It’s been over a month since my last “Getting off Zoloft” post and I have started to hear from people, wondering how things have been progressing since then.
I guess the reason I keep forgetting to post an update is because it’s all been pretty uneventful. And I think that’s a good […]

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I had an epiphany of sorts last week.
Audrey’s oldest son, 3-year-old William, is getting very interested in letters and words. I happen to have a little sign hanging on my back door inside doorknob, and he was studying the words on it: In the Garden.
“What does this spell,” he asked.
I answered, “In the […]

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First, let me say that I have been so incredibly blown away by the supportive comments and emails I’ve received since posting about my goal of getting off Zoloft.
And I have also been so truly inspired by the stories of those of you who have had similar experiences with anxiety and/or depression. It’s just […]

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Girls, young women, ladies… all ya’ll, listen up.
Do not take your clothes off for this man:

I cannot emphasize this enough.
Oh, that smiling face? It’s one Joe Francis. In his mugshot.
You may not be familiar with the name Joe Francis, but you may be more inclined to recognize the name of his company, which has brought […]

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I have been on medication for anxiety and depression for twelve years.
Wow. Twelve years… that is almost half of my life.
I was first prescribed Zoloft just after I turned 15 years old, my sophomore year of high school, soon after I had my very first all-out panic attack.
If you have never had a panic attack, […]

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We’ve all done it.
That polite smile.
You know what I mean… the type of smile when somebody you’re talking to goes on and on and on (and on…) about something you already know about, but you still must stand there listening.
I don’t know about you all, but I often find myself doing the polite smile.
Yesterday, for […]

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