Christmas

I had longed to have a family my kids whole life. It was just the two of us their whole childhood. I always went way overboard for Christmas in everyway because I harbored a secret about Christmas; I hated it. When I was growing up, my father had died and a large part of my…

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Thanks be to giving

Those first few weeks out of the psych ward should have felt like a relief but they felt overwhelming. All the choices I was faced with. What to eat, what to do, where to go, what to wear. Naturally it was going right into the holidays starting with Thanksgiving. I dove right back into work…

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I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying

The biggest road block to going “home” was not having one to go to. I was going “home” to mom’s condo. My life was still imploded. My life IS still imploded. Not one thing that has happened have I asked for, or wanted. My husband made all the decisions for me and wanted them implemented.…

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