MelissaOpioid CrisisI am fully aware of the latest statistics, I’ve seen the charts and I have read many articles. I realize this is a growing problem. What I…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
MelissaDear Mr. PresidentI was up all night watching people speak on the senate floor, watching people fight for the millions of us who depend on our healthcare to…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
MelissaNo thank you…In a world where every other person is selling something via facebook or every other social media platform, here I sit, a perfect target. A…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
MelissaThe chronic smileThese days are getting tougher by the minute. Sleep, with its sweet promise of no pain and no tears, eludes me. The moisture in the air…Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017
MelissaIt hurtsThey should really tell you to circle where you don’t have pain. Even though some days that chart wouldn’t have a single circle on it, it…Mar 13, 2017Mar 13, 2017
MelissaConfessions of a chronic momWhen you spend every minute of your life in pain it is very hard to always keep up the act of being “fine”. Put in the mix a kid or two and…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
MelissaDiary of a chronic momEvery night when I fall asleep I pray that the next day will be a success. Success for me, however, is simply being able to play with my…Mar 2, 2017Mar 2, 2017
MelissaTo the toxic woman in our home.You enter our home through the child you have spent 11 years destroying. You walk through our door in the form of anger and entitlement…Nov 21, 2016Nov 21, 2016
MelissaWhy does it hurt?People come and go from our lives constantly. We let go of friends and the pain only lasts for a short time before we make a new one and…Nov 12, 2016Nov 12, 2016
MelissaBirth controlI smile, watching my little boy giving his stuffed doggy kisses. He is so incredibly cute. He knows it too, he knows it because everywhere…Nov 5, 2016Nov 5, 2016