Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? After a day or two, how are things going? Resolutions, goals, challenges, and dreams aren’t limited to once a year. Things don’t have to be “resolved.” There doesn’t have to be a mandate. What if instead of a list of “musts,” every day I simply decided to Be […]
Holidays
A Place at the Manger
My mother wasn’t the best at being a mom. We didn’t share a whole lot of mother-daughter moments and my memories of her are not as joy-filled as I would like. Yet, I think of her at Christmas time. She hated Christmas and didn’t always cope with the stress of the holidays in healthy ways. […]
Waiting
It’s Advent. And we wait. We wait for a miraculous event that can transform lives through weeks of hope, peace, joy and love. For the literal millions of people, however, who live with a mental health diagnosis, even a day can feel like forever. I remember the experience of being institutionalized; waiting for the day […]