My brain was rarely happy about making dinner. 5pm would roll around and with the the Mount Everest tasks of chopping, cutting and cooking before me, my brain whispered, "we can't do dinner, let's eat chocolate, and make sure it's in the laundry room because that's the only door with a lock the kids can't [...]
Lunch dilemma: I have hyper-focused on a project and have forgotten to eat. You might think I would lose weight this way. You would be wrong. When my blood sugar gets low enough, I turn into a ravenous bear, just coming out of hibernation, willing to devour any type of junk food: Here are [...]
Dear people who tell me to make a big batch of food ahead of time so I can eat healthy for the rest of the week, My ADHD brain translates "ahead of time" to five minutes late. I need a breakfast I can make in one minute and eat in the car while I'm putting [...]
"Watch out for the new guy, he seems like a player," I told my friend Shannon at our church potluck. He was sitting at the table next to ours and had started an arm wrestling competition, of all things. "Well I think he's cute and we're going out tonight." Shannon smiled. We both glanced at [...]
5th grade: I receive the prestige of the fast reading group. I accept this honor as if I had been expecting it all along. My eleven-year-old mind doesn't analyze how I went from struggling to thriving. I don't wonder about the years I spent in remedial reading. I don't stop to thank my mother for homeschooling [...]
What happens when I ask a ten year-old boy to memorize a Beethoven Sonatina? A patient piano teacher combined with daily practice teach him to break the music down, line by line, measure by measure, until the impossible is accomplished. Beethoven rings through our house. I feel like I'm watching my child grow wings. On [...]
My husband stands at the foot of our bed, tie loosened, feet shifting—sore from standing 14 hours at the restaurant. I am in the same place I have been all day: bed. Adrenal Fatigue has taken over our lives for the last year. In the small glow of my bedside lamp I see his concerned eyes.“Take [...]
