Did You Take Your ‘Crazy’ Meds Today? Unfortunately, I’ve heard this question more times than I can count and every time makes me angrier than the last. But, in all honesty, usually, when I am asked this questions I haven’t …
One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three… STOP!
Using Alcohol as an Antidepressant Okay, so I’m actually not a big fan of Tequila after a long drunken night and horrible hangover in college, but, I do like to drink alcohol. I went from drinking one or two craft …
Make a Difference One Hug at a Time.
Making a Difference, One Hug at a Time. As the countdown to school begins, our kids are trying to fit in as many fun-filled friend activities before it’s too late. My daughter, Taylor, had been trying to schedule a sleepover …
Mental Illness and Flying Off Course
What it’s Like To Be Lost In Your Illness. This afternoon my husband and I were enjoying a day of warm air and the smell of the smoked brisket streaming into the house from the back yard. We had left …
Brush Your Teeth and Take Your Medicine
My Son’s Memory For the last month or so, our twelve-year-old son Dylan hasn’t been brushing his teeth. Now that summer is in full swing, it has just gotten worse. After trying almost everything, various forms of grounding: no friends, …
Patience is Our Virtue
A Different Type of Healing Last week I attended a class that taught me how to find patience in myself, “Healing with Hypnosis.” Normally, I wouldn’t have attended such a class. Not because I’m a nonbeliever but because I will make …
Hiding From the Stigma of Mental Illness
When I went to my soon to be husband with the idea for this blog, I knew he wouldn’t exactly be cheering me on. Don’t get me wrong, he is very supportive in most everything I decide to do, even …
My Bipolar Journey
Everyone has a story; this is mine.