All my life, I have had trouble gaining and keeping weight. I am five feet, eight inches tall and at eighteen years old, I weighed only 117 pounds. As a teen, I also suffered from depression and would stick myself […]
Have you ever been electrocuted by an outlet in your home or a loose wire? The feeling is unforgettable. My son thought it would be an adventure to stick his tongue in the kitchen outlet when he was three years […]
The last time I went for a check-up with my doctor, she pressured me about getting a mammogram. This was the second time that she had brought it up. I have mixed feelings about this test. On the one hand, […]
When my oldest daughter was around four years old, my husband and I started shopping around for preschools. We knew we weren’t going to send her to a regular preschool, so we only visited private, independent schools such as Waldorf, […]
When I was twenty years old, I started experiencing cramping and pain in my hands and knees while I was at college. I went to the nurse to ask what might be going on since I had never experienced that […]
When I was in high school, all of us girls changed in a locker room together for gym class. When it came time for swimming, all of us had to stand in one common shower before entering the pool. We […]
When my oldest daughter was six years old, we thought she had an auditory processing disorder (APD). When she was at home, she didn’t seem to have any trouble hearing me and doing what I asked. However, in a group […]
When I was a little girl, I lived on a street that had some empty lots with overgrown weeds. There was also a ditch near my house and at the end of the block were a huge field of wildflowers, […]
A couple of years ago, my oldest daughter wanted to wear contact lenses instead of eyeglasses. We told her that since eyeglasses are necessary but contact lenses are not, she would have to pay for half the cost of the […]
As a young girl of around ten years old, I hated going to the bathroom. It wasn’t that there were bullies in the bathrooms at school or anything of that sort, it was more that I was anxious about bowel […]