I am Theresa Anthony, mom, grandmother, dog lover, and writer.

 

About a dozen years ago, back when I believed my primary goals had been accomplished - childrearing, achieving career aspirations, and even becoming a grandmother - I was unknowingly placed on a path I would have never chosen willfully. My son, Matthew, was deeply depressed, alcoholic, and suicidal. As any mother would, I threw myself into "savior" mode, putting out his fires, recusing him from this or that dilemma, and attempting to guide him into treatment. Nothing I did helped.

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While Matthew did eventually go to rehab in late 2012, it wasn't but a few days before he would relapse and make his first suicide attempt. In 2013, after a second stint in rehab and about seven relapses, Matthew gave up the fight and succumbed to the lies of the evil one. He died by suicide on October 23, 2013.

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While Matt was still struggling with his afflictions, my partner in life, Mike, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. I became his primary caregiver as he battled this deadly illness and underwent a stem cell transplant. This beautiful man, the love of my life, lost his fight on July 13, 2014, just nine months after my son's death. There truly are no words.

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That year, I made a very intentional change in my career and to a job as a staff writer at a behavioral health organization. My goal was to use my writing skills to inform and encourage individuals and their loved ones who were grappling with addiction and/or mental health challenges. My hope in taking this job was to nudge these folks into treatment and ultimately to save some lives.

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In 2015, I created my content writing services business and have been producing blogs and web content for numerous clients in the addiction recovery space for ten years now.

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Prior to 2014, I was an an extensively published freelance writer for many years. My articles appeared in a variety of publications, including The Orange County Register, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily,

and many more. Back then, I wrote primarily about education, parenting, homeschooling, and various random topics.

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In 2019, I published my first book, a memoir entitled My 13th Station. This was a labor of love, as the focus of the book was my son. It is a heavy read, compelling, raw, and incredibly honest. It was a story that needed to be told.

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In 2021, I penned my second book, a self-help book for grieving mothers entitled Hope Springs from a Mother's Broken Heart. In it, ten other grieving mothers join me in sharing our personal stories of loss. Each of us provides helpful tips to the reader, things that have helped us survive.

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In 2023, I published my life story called In Search of Gopher Hollow. In it I cover the many challenges I have had to overcome in my life counterbalanced with the triumphs - and include lots of colorful, funny, nostalgic memories from growing up in the 60s and 70s to young adulthood in the 80s. This is a fun read, although admittedly punctuated with stories of loss.

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I now reside in beautiful Columbia, Tennessee with my hound dog, Morgan, just a few minutes away from my grandkids. I am grateful for all God's many blessings and choose to remain a perpetual seeker of joy.

 

 

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