Lauren

They gave my brother a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Unfortunately, right to his paranoid face. He angrily rejected the diagnosis and any treatment or medication plan. I did not understand why they could not say this treatment would help him with his anxiety or his OCD. These were mental issues he

"We can eat microwave popcorn and oranges because there is no way Nana can drug us if that is all we eat," my mom proudly proclaimed. This was her latest idea in a series of terrible ideas that ended up getting us getting kicked out of Nana and

Set up a nice profile on Bumble. And by nice, I mean whatever you think is nice. As long as you add pictures of yourself, that will work. Go on a few first dates with some of your matches. After the third first date, delete your profile because no one

I loved him a lot, otherwise we never would have been together. I am grateful for everything I learned by being in a relationship with him. I adored his family and close friends. I desperately wanted to push through my desire to leave because we wanted so many of the

“There is someone here who needs to speak to you,” Coach Watson told me as I arrived at our afternoon cross-country practice. We were about to hop in the team van to head to a nearby trail for a workout. “They are in Coach Craddock’s office.” Concerned, I walked

“Does anyone have a belt?” my aunt asked. With spunk, my under-two-year-old cousin had refused to eat a dish Nana made for Easter. Nana became enraged. She would not tolerate disobedience, not even from a baby. My aunt had tried but failed to get him to eat, so she asked

Advice for couples who are getting divorced and have children together Children can be weaponized in divorce if you’d like. Children can be thought of as assets in the fight against your ex, or persons to be turned against your soon-to-be ex. Keep this in mind when you are

“Congrats on your race honey, we’re homeless,” she whispered into my ear. No warning and no pause between the congratulation and the announcement of our homelessness. I won the section meet but my accomplishment did not matter to her. That is how my mom was. She loved me, but

I have full comedy sets on abortion that would get me banned from certain conservative rooms in Minnesota when I was still performing. “Oh that girl was so funny and wonderful, until she started talking about abortion,” was the feedback I would get. I did not mind. I enjoyed seeing

Updates on my sometimes seemingly too deep thoughts on social media. I still want a Barbie phone, even a year after it has come out. I ordered a light phone a few years ago and could not make it work. It was hard to text and make calls on it.