ELIZABETHTORRESEVANS

Sunday morning in this the first week of March is beautiful. Beautiful in the promise of Spring with the clear skies, thanks to the...

I know my mom was a little sad today. It would have been their 69th anniversary today. My dad would, until a few years ago, get her a...

When your mom told me she wanted me there with her and your dad at the hospital, I thought it was to be ”the support person.” The one who...

There are no coincidences. It wasn’t coincidence that my youngest child and her husband received orders to San Diego where I grew up and...

On this Labor Day I am reminded of a moment in time that defines so many everyday farmerworkers’ lives.

It was a recent conversation with a fellow writer about the healing power of writing that made me rethink the project I have been working...

In the first couple of years of our marriage, he explained his depression began in January and lasted through June. He’d been in counseling

In August 2008, after another fun-filled day at the office processing personal injury claims, I was driving home from Raleigh when a...

Four-year-old boys say “Good Morning, Grandma” with such conviction and a sweet smile, you see no wrong happening in your day,...

Every relationship has an “aha” moment, a pivotal moment, the type of moment that can crush you or move you on to the next level. For my...

Last month after a special lunch with my Dad, my daughter and my son-in-law, I got the surprise of my life. My daughter Megan and...

https://acceptyourgifts.podbean.com Listen to my first interview about my marriage to a combat veteran with PTSD, how we managed our...

I didn’t know how much I loved him, until I almost lost him. One thing about Facebook posts. The “Memories” feature is a reminder of...

SELF CARE. That day you realize your post-traumatic stress syndrome veteran has recovered and you are struggling. As the wife of a PTSD...

"I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is...

On the eve of Martin Luther King Day when most of us are just happy to have a three day break from work, many of us are looking back at a...

Excerpt from: Train’s Coming: Our Struggle with PTSD Chapter IV. “I Don’t Have PTSD, PTSD Has Me…” I knew nothing about Post...

I don't pretend to understand poetry. But, I love when a writer, a poet, puts words together that talk to me and, on occasion, talk back...

My day can begin in one of several ways: a. A call from an initial consult (not a client) who needs an attorney in two hours for a...