Between You and Me

By Barbara Pierce   I had a child with special needs. I had a child who was very challenged and very challenging to raise.

“Don’t you ever, ever throw anything of mine out!” my friend Dee hissed at her husband, pounding her fist on the table to emphasize

By Barbara Pierce   “This is it. I’m dying. I feel sure of this,” said Donald, who was once my partner. Now that his

Let’s celebrate who we are beyond the mirror. Let’s focus on what really matters in life By Barbara Pierce   Suddenly, a sharp knock

By Barbara Pierce   I’ve been grieving lately. I lost my partner—lost him to dementia. The shell of the person he was lives on

By Barbara Pierce   “I do expect to see you at my graduation!” read the text from Crystal, my 21-year-old granddaughter. So here I

The challenges of being a mother of adult children By Barbara Pierce   “Casey is moving to Mississippi this weekend,” said my daughter, in

When I met my partner, I knew he had mild cognitive impairment. His situation got much worse, much faster By Barbara Pierce   “This

By Barbara Pierce   We have a crisis of empathy in the U.S. Our kids are growing up to be far less caring and

By Barbara Pierce   “I give myself a ‘D’ on how I handled that situation with my son. Maybe I even an ‘F!’” said