May 24, 2022
On April 16, 2021, our phone rang. It was our oldest son saying “Kerry died”. I hear those two words every day. Kerry was his only child and our first grandchild. Kerry would have been 30 years old August 2021. He had graduated from the University of...
Jan 15, 2021
It was a beautiful, clear February day. All of the High School campuses were open. They were conducting SAT tests. My son left for school early and I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. He was a junior in high school, 17 years old and my only child. He took his...
May 12, 2018
On Mother’s Day- and Everyday- We Remember the Many Ways Marijuana Kills The families of those who have died from marijuana related deaths share their stories in this patchwork quilt of consequences of drug use. Some on the quilt were victims of marijuana...
Jan 15, 2018
Marijuana Victim’s Mom Speaks Out by Sally Schindel, Arizona Zero overdose deaths has been bugging me. I sent this Letter to the Editor today. They rarely publish my letters but perhaps some of you can pick up this issue in your work. Let us define OVERDOSE....
Jan 6, 2018
When you bury a child you die with them. Yet you still wake up each morning and somehow have to function in your “new” normal. I’ve always considered myself as “politically” correct so when marijuana became “medicine” I didn’t think it would ever affect my life....