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.
Bipolar Life- The Journal #52, Recognize Your Truth
I sat at the stoplight and didn't want to go forward or turn around and go home. I tried to pick up my cellphone and call my husband to get me. Without warning, anxiety overwhelmed me.
Bipolar Life- The Journal #51, “War Against Anxiety”
We fight anxiety from within. As a believer, that means Jesus is already there.
Bipolar Life-Living Bipolar
We jump from one side to the other, never knowing where we will land. A mentally ill 'jumper'.
Bipolar Life- The Journal #47 “Ask About Bipolar”
Ask me about Bipolar; it's ok. I do not fear the questions.
Bipolar Life- World Mental Health Day
Thank you. Thank you for noticing the lost faces of those on the margins, hiding in fear. Afraid of a society that fears mental illness! Worried about the conversations that need to take place, medication they can't afford, therapy or counseling they cannot find, deductibles they cannot meet, and family and friends they cannot trust.
Five Minute Friday- Day 9 of 31 Writing Challenge
If I want to join His purpose for my life, a life I surrendered to him long ago, then I have to trust.
Bipolar Life- The Journal #46
I noticed this week that I am losing focus quickly, am incredibly fatigued, and lost. If I don't write it down, I forget. All of these are my warnings blinking brightly.
Five Minute Friday-Day 1 of 31- Why
There is no holding back. Praise Him in the storm is all I know.
Bipolar Life- Living Undone
The slow unpacking of a broken soul. Where the beat of a heart doesn't indicate life, but a life undone. When hopelessness is no longer a thought or feeling, but a destination.


