With each passing moment, day, month and year, we conform to what is happening to us, around us and within us; sometimes in secret and sometimes very publicly. It is impossible to know everything about everyone unless we are with them every single instant whilst...

When dreams are little, our words carry all that should be because we are the most important people in their lives. At some point, who they are and what they do is influenced by other dreams; as their need to be perceived by others leaves them vulnerable. That...

Promises are made that give rise to expectations that can at times never truly see the light of day. Whether the collapse of those failed assurances is because they were actually lies or whether they were filled with the possibilities that just couldn't be, the...

The dreaded "f" word seems to be synonymous with the words addict and addiction. Somehow it's as if we have been conditioned to think less of those who have become one and those who raise them; especially if they use drugs. So what if I am the mother of an addict? I...

Through the words that we voice, we express our personal emotional definitions of love, hatred, indifference, negativity, fear, neutrality, inspiration and the acceptance of or lack of for ourselves as well as others. Those meaningful speeches have the power to...

We often hear about gateway drugs through the informative drug programs in our schools, other parents or on television or BLAH. The experts advise us to be aware of who our children are with and what they are doing. We are reminded to discuss the use of drugs and...