Kelly Jackson shares more in-depth about her personal journey of parenting a child with mental illness in the second part of my conversation with her. Kelly discusses how she had to adjust her dreams and expectations for her daughter, and how she had to stop trying to make her daughter just like herself. While there have been many ups and downs in their journey, Kelly shares how her daughter is learning resilience. Kelly also shares how her husband’s involvement in NAMI led Kelly to attend a Family to Family class, where she was able to feel seen and heard and not isolated. Kelly became the Executive Director of NAMI Johnson County, Kansas (https://namijoco.org/) two years ago, and encourages people to access the many free resources offered by NAMI nationwide (https://www.nami.org/)