A Son’s Vows to Love, Honor, and Obey Go Awry
My brother’s troubles began with my parent’s marriage. They knew each other for only one week when they married. Mother told me that she only agreed because she was twenty-five, an old maid. Dad was […]
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My Mother’s Death / My Father’s Resurrection
This morning my mother died. Her death followed a long struggle with several illnesses, all related to smoking during the fifty-three years of her marriage. She began at a time when smoking was fashionable and […]
Jed Diamond, PhD, LCSW – My Men’s Movement Part I: Fatherhood
[In this six-part feature, Jed Diamond examines his male experience through fatherhood, mental illness, and the Men’s Movement to explore what it means to be a more whole, mindful Man. | Part II: My Female and Male Mentors | Part […]