Newsflash to the mentally healthy, mental illness has no cure. This is a lifetime of seasons-a rotation of winter, spring, summer, and fall. Don't confuse mental illness with your seasons' explanation.
Bipolar Life- The Company We Keep
Satan longs to pull me in. His world of hopelessness calls to me and uses any situation to tear me down. I won't be keeping that company.
Lost & Found- Recreating an Empty Shell
I get it now. Life is a constant flow of energy. We breathe in God's love, and we pass it on to others. The endless waterfall is fueled by Him and not by us.
Lost & Found- The Art of Selfishness
Human nature. It is a description of characteristics on thinking, feeling, and behaving, a phrase, and often an excuse for bad behavior. Today, I am leaning into the excuse part. I have a battered past. Both colorful and very black and white, it defines the road that made me who I am today. By my …
Bipolar Life- The Journal #55, Girl Down
People who engage in physical conditioning get a break between workouts; for those working to stay mentally healthy, there is no break. We take the work out with us everywhere we go.
Bipolar Living- The Journal #54, Telling My Story
Surviving the journey of sharing your story.
Bipolar Living- The Art of Being Done
I will fail time and again, but wrapped in this comforter of peace, I walk in His victory.
Bipolar Life- The Enemy in Anxiety
Do you believe in Satan? I do. I've come face to face with the darkness of the devil, so I take him seriously.
Bipolar Life, The Journal #53, A Past That Lingers
I craved belonging. Not to belong to a group, but to belong to something more than mental illness, shame, sadness, and fear.
Bipolar Life- Marriage and Mental Illness
My mental illness may challenge us, major medical issues challenge many relationships. BUT, they NEVER define them. We press on together, as one, even when one needs space and time alone.


