Unreachable
My father’s parents both died before he turned ten years old. He essentially grew up as an orphan, and yet he was the happiest person I’ve ever known. At the …
April 2015
Kevin Hines: Survivor
When 28-year-old Kevin Hines hurled himself from the Golden Gate Bridge, his first thought was, “What the hell did I just do? I don’t want to die.” According to the …
Recovery is possible.
The one thing I wish more families heard when their loved one gets sick from a brain illness is this: Recovery is possible. In the days after David’s suicide attempt, I …
INVISIBLE
My friend’s eight-year-old son punched a hole through the sheetrock of his new classroom two months ago. His parents had moved him from the elementary school he’d attended since kindergarten …