"Yes, that’s it! Said the Hatter with a sigh, it’s always tea time.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Britain and Tea Drinking  Some countries are...
While the mental health community and culture has been gaining traction over the last couple of years, we as a society still have a very...
It was over ninety degrees, and I was encapsulated in full length jeans and a lightweight sweater. I was a female Steve Carrell in...
MOMS - It's time for us to step up to the plate and get to grilling!  All too often, the grilling is left to the...
I have tried to write this post at least a dozen times. I have started, stopped, started again. Each time I begin, another news...
How I wish kids came with a warning label or an instruction manual. You know, something to the effect of: doesn’t sleep through the night ...
“Oh don’t say that word around Courtney,” my friend joked after hearing another mom share about her hectic life. The mom laughed with confusion....
My kids have gone to several different schools over the last few years. Their current elementary school allows the kids to climb UP the slides...
How often have you run into a grocery store or convenience store late at night, searching for a quick snack, the team snacks you...
I was on my first deployment to the Middle East, and I knew that I wasn't going to return as the same person that...
Time is a precarious thing, most especially for us as parents living a life in the military. It either can’t pass quickly enough (deployments and Mondays...
Alcohol. Illicit drugs. Those were not my preferred vices. I preferred the socially acceptable one. The one that no one questioned. The one that...

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The Invisible Load of Supporting Love, Duty and Ambition

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When Support Feels Like a Full-Time Job Bedtime is finally here, again. The house is quiet. But your mind is racing through a never-ending...

Normalized Overwhelm