Hello, my name is Briana. Many moons ago I started what I consider my most important job, being a mom. As I’ve journeyed down this road for more than 20 years, I find myself looking back and wondering what I could have done differently. What I could have done better. Did decisions that I made as a mother set me up for what I am facing today? Maybe. They always say that hindsight is 20/20. But whatever has brought me to this path, it doesn’t truly matter, because I am here. I am mothering a nest of six children through ups and downs. Triumphs and disappointments. Laughter and tears. Love and heartache.

And for better or worse, I am mothering a child through mental illness.