by DFCC Blogger | Jan 20, 2018 | Parents
As I browse through my TimeHop app and see pictures of my children just a few years ago, I am painfully aware that I have fewer and fewer years left with my kids before they are grown and ready to fly out of the nest. I swear it was just yesterday I was holding their...
by DFCC Blogger | Dec 31, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Parents, Prevention
It’s 8 am and I’m already exhausted. So far, I’ve gotten all three kids ready, fed, and off to 3 different schools despite the fact that my oldest “never has anything to wear” and my youngest spent the entire car ride sobbing because he couldn’t bring the snail he...
by DFCC Blogger | Dec 21, 2017 | Alcohol, Parents, Social Norms, Underage Alcohol Use
“Mom, my friends are all going to a party and I want to go”. The words pinged around my brain like a pin ball, lighting up every fear receptor imaginable. A party? Already? What if they have alcohol or drugs there? Have I talked to her enough about drugs and...
by DFCC Blogger | Dec 10, 2017 | Addiction, Alcohol, Marijuana, Prevention, Recovery, Resources
The holidays are here! It’s my favorite time of the year. The smells from the kitchen, the lights, the decorations, family all together laughing and having fun, and traditions passed down from generation to generation. Everyone I run into seems a little more joyful...
by DFCC Blogger | Sep 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
My phone rings and my heart sinks into my stomach as I recognize the number to my son’s school. I think I mumbled out some form of hello, trying not to sound petrified. Meanwhile my heart is now pounding through my neck and my brain is thinking of a million possible...
