Two weeks ago my 14 year-old daughter, Lauren, and I participated in The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Overnight walk in San Francisco. This is an 18 mile walk that begins at dusk and goes into the dawn. The significance of the time represents the darkness one feels after a...

Summer break will be here soon. For some parents it won’t come soon enough. For others, it will be here way too soon. Some parents will look at summer break as a break from the school year craziness of homework, practices, school events, and for other parents they see summer...

5:15 Monday Morning, let the dog out 5:20 Monday Morning, let the dog in 5:21 Monday Morning realize that the dog has been sprayed by a skunk and has been running around the house, making the house; kids and everything else smell horrible. Then I realized, I have to go...

Recently, Bethany Genenbacher was elected as State President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  Getting to know Bethany, you will soon discover she is a caring and passionate person, socially active and dedicated to the cause of suicide prevention. Her journey along this path began...

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. Virginia Woolf I am a woman on the go.  How about you?  As women wearing multiple hats, we are in high demand! We are busy being mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, aunts, granddaughters, employees,...