Superheroes were a large part of my life less than a decade ago. I am a boy mom. We had…
Articles by Betty Vertin
My heart is walking a tightrope. I’m a 45-year-old wife to Jason and mother to our seven children: Lexi, 23,…
I’ll be straightforward about caregiving: It’s exhausting. I’m the mother of seven children: Lexi, 23, Max, 19, Chance, 17, Rowen,…
I read a quote the other day on Facebook: “When you are raising babies, you feel how long the days…
Parenting is the most challenging job I’ve ever had. When my role as a parent expanded into caregiving for three…
I live in rural Nebraska with my husband and our seven children. Three of them — Max, 19; Rowen, 15;…
The Christmas decorations are down and tucked into storage for another year. The house is clean, the counters are clear…
Occasionally I struggle to find a topic to write about in my weekly column. I had that experience before…
In the past 12 months, our oldest daughter got married, our oldest son moved across town into a college dorm,…
This patient advocate's journey is full of emotional highs and lows as she navigates raising three sons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Despite the uncertainty, every victory, no matter how small, is a celebration of resilience and hope.