Dear Shelby, Jacob, Cody, Teanna, Sierra, Deon, Derrick, Hailey, Gunnar, Christian, Matej, Jonovan, Flora, Natael, and Trey’Shawn, It’s both wonderful and rare that we’re all together so I’m sending you this letter to let you know I love you. Like all parents and grandparents I want you to live long and healthy lives. Like all
I started taking drugs when I was five years old, but I didn’t become an addict until I was thirty. My story is not unusual, but you’re not likely to have heard it. I want to share it with you for the first time. I hope others can learn from the lessons that have saved
Carlin and I moved to Willits in 1992 because I thought I was going to die. I had recently had surgery for life-threatening adrenal tumor. My doctors told me that I was fine now. The tumor had been removed and I had fully recovered from surgery. When I asked them why I had gotten the
It seems that “gridlock” has become the norm in the world these days. We are increasingly stuck in traffic, our government doesn’t seem to be able to make the most basic decisions, and most of our institutions, from the schools to our health-care system, are becoming increasingly dysfunctional. We put out one fire here, and
My father was a writer which both inspired and terrified me. When I was five years old he became overwhelmed by his inability to find work in his chosen field, became increasingly manic and depressed, and took an overdose of sleeping pills. Though he didn’t die, I grew up believing that creativity and depression went
The media is full of stories about sports and domestic violence. We were sickened by video showing Baltimore Ravens superstar Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée and dragging her out of a Las Vegas elevator. But he’s not the only sports figure who has been associated with domestic violence. Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic
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