The Ruler From 1990: How My Tough Love Drowned My Son

about the economy. People have had it worse. Your son made a choice.”

And that’s when I felt it.

That old familiar heat.

That stubborn, steel-toed urge to argue.

To defend myself.

To explain.

To say, You don’t know me. You don’t know him.

But then I thought of Caleb standing in my kitchen, gray-faced, fork in his hand, telling me his brain never stopped screaming.continue reading …