by Becky Thompson | Jan 9, 2020 | Anxiety
He Didn’t Know I Had a Mental Illness When We Got Married He didn’t know he was marrying someone with a mental illness… Mostly because we had only known each other for about five months when we got engaged. I was eighteen when he put that ring onto...
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 | Apr 22, 2018 | Allergy & Food Sensitivities, Anxiety
Anxiety, Stress & The Food The Caused It If you had told me six months ago that we’d be living this way, I would have giggled and shoved another powdered donut from a bag into my mouth. I mean, I’m not the mom who reads all of the labels, chooses...
by Becky Thompson | Jul 29, 2017 | Marriage
Five times my husband began to tell me about his phone call that had just ended, and all five times he was interrupted. We paused, corrected the interrupting child, and my husband would begin again, only to be interrupted by someone else, or some other request, or...
by Becky Thompson | Jul 2, 2017 | For Mommas, Most Shared
Did you think it all over? – The day, I mean. Have you had a chance to replay all of your moments? To rethink your choices? To come up with half a dozen ways you could have or should have done it differently? Have you made promises for how tomorrow will be...