The Interpreted Rock

By Stephen C. Schultz My youngest daughter, who is 11 years old, suffers from a seizure disorder. Despite extensive testing, we still don’t have a definitive diagnosis. Her neurologist has mentioned that she might grow out of the seizures as she goes through adolescence. However, she’s nearing adolescence now, and the seizures persist, even with medication. She doesn’t like having seizures, understandably, and sometimes struggles with anxiety because of them. The seizures are unpredictable and infrequent, which makes them all the more unsettling. As her father, it’s hard for me to imagine what she must go through, knowing a seizure could strike at any moment. While her medication helps, it does come with side effects. We try to ensure she has a fulfilling life—she plays softball and volleyball, took piano lessons, and recently started learning the guitar. As parents, we expect her to do well in school and strive to live life as a family as if everything is normal. But the concer...

By Stephen C. Schultz (Authors note: This is an experience I had in 1978. I wrote about the experience on an old type writer complete with white out on all of my spelling errors. My mother recently sent me the original. I have transcribed it below just how I had written it as a 15 yr old teen. I hope you enjoy "The Rescue".) The ice cold, crystal clear water gurgled sporadically as it poured over my feet. I stood directing the two-tone green river boat carefully into the current of the McKenzie River . I grabbed the bow of the boat as the current gracefully spun the boat sideways and caused it to bump the bank with a soft squeak.  Dad pulled the truck and trailer up the boat ramp and parked alongside the road. As I turned and gazed at the river, I noticed it was a crisp morning with a light fog rising about a foot off the water. It appeared as though we were actually amidst the clouds. The sun shone through the damp, mossy limbs of the scrub oak and Douglas...

By Stephen C. Schultz, BS, CAC Scott C. Schultz, J.D., MBA Jared C. Schultz, PhD Work. It is a part of life that has an immense impact on everyone. It plays a significant role in our identities, our happiness, and our feeling of being connected in our communities. In most cases, people tend to wander a bit through their teenage years, trying a variety of jobs, and refining their interests and vocational goals. We have found that for adolescents involved in therapy or receiving residential treatment, this “traditional” way of establishing what they want to do is disrupted. Often these teens, while bright and intelligent, find themselves becoming disenfranchised with school prior to their involvement in therapy. They lose sight of a college education and gravitate to thoughts and behaviors contrary to their family values. Sometimes there is a tendency to use substances, eating or lack thereof and sex to escape the emotional pain that soon follows. Parents intervene and ...