{Just Like Me: Being Introverted in the Church}
If I could have demanded anything for my shy and wary child, would I have begged God make him less cautious? Would I have wasted a wish, a prayer, even a thought on that part of my personality that I...
View ArticleI poke at my heart to know it’s still there. I hold on to belief, clutching.
I have so many things going on. The heaviest specifics, I don’t dare to write about. These are Heavy, hard days of—if not Suffering —Pain. But I know so many, many people going through Pain. In that,...
View ArticleThe Silent Scream: Depression & Autopilot Mom
For months I have been unable to smile honestly. When I think about it, that I need to smile so that people don’t wonder, I can’t make my face do it. My husband asks if I’m okay. Yes. I will always...
View ArticleLife Begins Again and Again: Seeing the Good in Depression
“The words spirit and inspire both derive from the Latin word spirare which literally means to breathe. These emotional highs and lows that we experience are just the natural breathing process of our...
View ArticleThe Dust Bunnies and the Broken Hearts of Mental Illness
I say the things aloud. It is an effort. I want to make them come true. “I will clean today. I will cook dinner. I will go to the bank.” Even as I speak the words I know how unlikely it is that I will...
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