mental-health – Thirty-Three

Forgiveness

I have promised myself that I would be as honest as possible in the course of writing on this blog, no matter how uncomfortable or painful or imperfect. Before I write out more about what happened to me after Mike died, I want to take a second to address current day things. I am aContinue reading “Forgiveness”

The Thread that Unraveled

An awakening. I’ve let a good bit of time slip away again before picking back up with this tale. I guess that may be an indication of how much it still hurts, even though I like to think I have already let out most of the pain. The fact that I keep trying to avoidContinue reading “The Thread that Unraveled”

Into the Shadows

The last place we left off before I went on hiatus from this blog was how my brother Mike struggled in his earliest years, and how the people and systems around him were already failing to meet his needs from the very start, how his community was failing to support and properly love him atContinue reading “Into the Shadows”

How Did I End Up Here?

I’m back! I know, I know, I left everyone hanging for 3 years while I went into my little hidey hole. Opening up your heart to the world is a scary endeavor after all, and I was still deeply in the trenches of my healing when I started this blog. A lot of life hasContinue reading “How Did I End Up Here?”