by Becky Thompson | Jan 4, 2020 | Anxiety
Oh, Anxious Mom Oh, anxious momma, your heart feels like it can only take so much. Your thoughts seem to never stop racing. You continually count your “okays.” My kids are okay. My husband is okay. My house is okay. My job is okay. My family is okay. My...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 26, 2019 | For Mommas
For the Momma Who Feels Like the World’s Worst I have this memory from when my kids were little… they had spent the morning playing with play doh and coloring and reading and dragging out all of their toys and FIGHTING. There had been tons of fighting. I...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 22, 2019 | Christmas, For Mommas
For the Moms Who Will Be Up Late This Week It’s 12:36 a.m., and I’m the only one awake in my house. I had to wait until everyone was asleep so I could sneak presents in from the car. I have a feeling this won’t be the only night this week that I stay...
by Becky Thompson | Dec 21, 2019 | For Mommas
For the Mom Who Doesn’t Think She Can Do This She was on the other side of the wall in the next room. I couldn’t hear what the nurses were saying or her husband or friends. I couldn’t hear what words her family might have spoken to assure her. I couldn’t hear the calm...
by Becky Thompson | Sep 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental Illness
The Building is On Fire and We are Just Watching *Trigger Warning – Suicide and Mental Health Eighteen years ago, on September 11, 2001 at 9:41:15 a.m Richard Drew captured a horrific photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center....
