A Love Letter to Anyone and Everyone with a Mental Illness
Sam Dylan Finch's love letter is beautiful, powerful, honest, and full of love, understanding and wisdom.
Chronic Illness is Chronic Illness is Chronic Illness
Chronic illness is chronic illness is chronic illness. I so wish that I had a magic wand that could make my son better, that would stop his migraines, asthma, eczema, allergies, depression, anxiety, [...]
Marya Hornbacher’s Research about Mental lllness
What do you know about mental illness? By Gabby Abbott | Apr. 15, 2015 | 285 Submissions Author Marya Hornbacher is working on a book about mental illness. Her book will profile the [...]
Holy Friday
For those who do not believe in the value of religious mythology, I do. Whether or not the stories actually happened, whether or not they are literally true, they offer messages which are [...]
I’m No April Fool
NOW THERE ARE TWO OF USNarrenspiegel (Fool's Mirror), Nördlingen, Bavaria This admittedly amateurish attempt at April Fool's Day poetry (yes, that's rather heavy-handed alliteration - accept it, I like it, I'm on A [...]
Do NOT Smoke!
First of all I hope and pray that I am able to emotionally support my husband as he experiences grief, having lost his oldest brother last week to lung cancer. Grief, anxiety, and the [...]
Mental Health Ministry
Back in Fall 2005, when I first attended Fuller Theological Seminary – a multi-denominational Christian seminary - I wrote a Mental Health Ministry training manual. I just changed the language to make it more inclusive of all [...]
Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Oscar Wilde
May Oscar Wilde's quote inspire you to be, love, and accept yourself. Thank you Colleen Chesebro at SilverThreading.com for this week's open invitation to quote a writer. This week she quoted Theodore Roosevelt. Check [...]
Bipolar Disorder, My Biggest Competitor
Former Olympian Amy Gamble is my Coach on living with bipolar disorder as she sheds light on mental illness. She concludes: "I try to dream and set goals. I have accomplished a few [...]