LWM Staff Writers
‘WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD’: Hero Santa Fe High School student used his body ‘as a barricade’ to protect fellow students
“He was a hero, cause if he would never have been there, we pretty much would have been dead because we were stuck in that closet.”
How I Learned To Appreciate My Anxiety
“Although anxiety is not absent in my life, it is no longer in control.”
‘He couldn’t stand. His legs were completely limp.’: Mom donates kidney to save medically-complex son
“And so, it began, test after test, specialist after specialist.”
My Reality As A Father To A 7-Year-Old With Non-Verbal Autism
“To put it bluntly, it’s like sipping on the world’s greatest champagne while people chugging warm Kool-Aid pity you for it.”
Sometimes I’m Grateful My Son Has Autism
“That may sound like a terrible thing to say, but in some ways, I think, I hope, it shields him.”
I am falling in love with someone who has a mental disease
“What he needs is someone who won’t go away, just like people have gone away when I have told them about my illness.”
An Open Letter to My First Born
“Nine years is a long time to be ‘the only’ and you’ve been so much more than my only- you’ve been my every.”
The Trouble With Our Teachers
“It’s not that they don’t give a hoot.”
‘Month after month, we gambled with our emotions, our finances and my body.’: Family’s journey through infertility, two adoptions, two pregnancies
“I sat nervously twiddling my thumbs with my pants pulled down and a thin paper draped over my lap.”
‘There’s no baby in there. Definitely no heartbeat.’ 7 angel babies and one COURAGEOUS couple
“I’m grateful for every single contraction I felt, the pain my body had to endure, the blood that left my body and the emptiness I felt because it reminds me our baby was real.”