It’s difficult to talk about adverse childhood experiences. But it needs to be done, for everyone’s sake. — Men who were sexually abused as children need to be able to parent their kids free of the stigma and influence of their Adverse Childhood Experiences. It had always been a worry that I might inadvertently mention that I was sexually abused as a child, especially in a conversation about…

My brain chose the ostrich approach to deal with my childhood sexual abuse There hasn’t been much discussion about it, but a vast swath of 1950’s society was affected by trauma. The adult generation had spent their teens in a years long economic depression before war radically disrupted any concept…

The Prodigal Son — an Ancient Story Recounted in Real-Time — In the Bible parable known as The Prodigal Son, the father has been looking “a long way off” for his son. Similarly, over the years I would check if our prodigal ever showed up on Facebook or other social media. …

It’s a handy social construct to avoid dealing with things we’d rather not. Having lost a child to suicide, my family joined the ranks of “those people.” Those in our society best kept at a distance; individuals who have been to prison, or have grown up on the welfare system…

An initial step toward finding purpose in our teenage son’s suicide; being open and unashamed — It would be interesting to know what people think when visiting at the grave of their loved one, they read the words on my son’s gravestone. Do they wonder if someone feels guilty about how things were left between them before his passing? Or do they react in horror as…