Liza Long looks to her son as a mentor. ___ In the third week of September 16 years ago, I met my second son for the first time. A difficult pregnancy with preterm labor and several long, tedious weeks of bed rest concluded anticlimactically with an apparently healthy baby born on his due date, a…
Liza Long
About Liza Long
Liza Long is a writer, educator, mental health advocate, and mother of four children, one of whom has bipolar disorder. Her book The Price of Silence: A Mom’s Perspective on Mental Illness (2014, Hudson Street Press), highlights the challenges facing parents and offers solutions. You can follow her on Twitter @anarchistmom or visit LizaLong.com.