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September 2015

September 26, 2015

Brave New Life: Part 7: The Journey Continues

This post is part of a series, to start with the introduction click here. It...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

Fight or Flight

I noticed it the first time about six months after finally recognizing issues I had...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Re-post: I am Not My Parents

This post was originally published in May of 2011. I'll admit, I still go back...

October 21, 2014

Re-Post: Lies we tell ourselves about abuse

This post was originally published June 2011. One of the things that prompted my finally admitting...

October 14, 2014

Re-post: A Mama’s Journey

This was originally published June of 2011. I've also included an excerpt from a post...

October 10, 2014

Re-Post: I’m Not Afraid Anymore

This post was originally published November 2010. I had spent years trying to put on...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 6: Never the same, and that’s OK

This post is part of a seven part series. To start with the introduction click...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 5: Tolerance

This post is part of a series, to start with the introduction, please click here....

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Brave New Life: Part 1: Into the Unknown

This post is part of a series. Click here to read the introduction. Like I...

May 20, 2014

Brave New Life: Introduction

Once upon a time there were two girls. One was very sad most of the...

May 14, 2014

Gender Transition: Two Years Later

A guest post written by my wife Haley Last week marked the two year anniversary...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Motherhood: Same and Different

She is seven this month. My heart aches when I think about it. The baby...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

But now I WANT to be here

There was a dark corner in the living room where the dark heavy book case...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

A story of a Pumpkin

We’d been married for several months when our first Halloween rolled around. At the Seminary...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

Spiritualizing the Night

I’ve talked before about how night time parenting is a particularly hard challenge for me....