PTSD
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40 Days of Memories; thoughts about my health and musings about my mother…
Yesterday marked the 40th day after my mom died. Even after 40 days I’m still receiving cards and letters from people who loved mom, people who’ve never met her and notices of memorial offerings made in her honor. It will take me quite some time to thank everyone for their kindness and condolences but these Continue reading
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Thoughts on motherhood and the new year ahead.
OK, so I can’t believe I’m about to say this but… wait for ittttt… I feel pretty darn good! 😱😬🫣😳 Why would I be scared to say that out loud, you ask? Well, as someone who’s lived most of their life under a cloud of self-doubt and depression I’m not entirely sure I know what Continue reading
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Mental Health and Mental Illness
Today I’d like to talk a bit about mental illness because it’s such a loaded term. Mental health denotes self care, meditation, green grass and fluffy blue clouds. Mental illness conjures images of degenerates who’ve hit rock bottom or doctors pushing cocktails of meds. We’ve all seen well-intentioned Facebook memes about finding peace in our Continue reading
Faithfully Frazzled 