What caused a happy, beaming mother to be to decide to use one last time? I will never know. Perhaps the thought of it being the last time never entered her mind. Does it ever?
Mental Health ~ The Journal #58, A Facebook Note
Because depression sucks.
Mental Health ~ The Journal #57, I’m Trying
Depression is hard, but we keep trying.
Poetry-Sweet Goodbye
If I disappear...
Mental Health ~ The Journal #56, Death is Real
We talk about mental illness and death after suicide, but it seems beneficial to discuss the reality that before there came suicide, there was a mental illness. Just like before there came an overdose; there was an addiction.
Mental Health ~ The Strongest Can Fall
I bottle up the internal pain and suffering, only sharing with a few. I wear the mask and behavior of normalcy.
Mental Health ~ Thanksgiving and Thankfulness
I dislike holidays for many reasons, and those reasons keep coming, too. But Thanksgiving is a gift. A day of respite from the task of mentally surviving.
Mental Health ~ 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.
Mental Health ~ The Journal #54, Telling My Story
Surviving the journey of sharing your story.
Mental Health ~ The Art of Being Done
I will fail time and again, but wrapped in this comforter of peace, I walk in His victory.


