Nina Wayman, a North Carolina public relations pro, is always the picture of poise. But when she recalls one awful night in 2006, her words are raw: “My sister and I agreed that if we ever saw that woman again, we’d kick her ass.” 

  "That woman” is the doctor who tried to have Wayman involuntarily committed to a mental institution….(more)

For the first months after we brought our new daughter home from the hospital, I was thankful to see the sun come up each morning--in part because that's the only way I knew day from night. Like most new moms, I was struggling to adapt to Infant Standard Time, in which 3 a.m. was a perfectly normal hour for our entire household to be awake….(more)

….Ultimately, you will find your rock within you.  It may be your faith. It may be your sense of determination—that no matter what happens, you are committed to doing the thing you say you are going to do. Ironically, your rock may be your flexibility—your ability to flow with whatever life presents you and make the best of it.  But know that you have a God-given something within you that will sustain you when no one else can. It is this rock (and your faith in it) that will carry you through this health journey—and the long journey that is your life.  (more)