Her grandness is grander than grand… As I snuggle her perfect newborn body, her delicate head rests on my shoulder … More
Category: faith
My Story’s the Opposite of EVERYTHING We’ve Been Taught About Mental Illness
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. One year, six months and five … More
Beyond Hopeless – and a poem
I wrote the following poem titled Hopeless for a poetry contest with the theme of pain. Although I am blessed … More
Expand your Puzzle of Life
My puzzle of life was damaged and had many missing pieces. I found the missing pieces of my life and … More
Loud Whispers of Hope
As the Tsunami of mental illness struck, my life turned into a whirlwind of pain, confusion and loss. Destruction was … More
A Beacon of Light (a poem)
A Beacon of Light Night is the bridge between today and tomorrow. Without the darkness of night there would be … More
“Let Love Be the Ending of the Stigma Sentence” ~Susan Walz
A person with cancer is often given chemotherapy or radiation treatments to kill their cancer cells. These toxins or poison … More
The Fabric of Me
The fabric of me is nothing you can see with the naked eye. The fabric of me was woven before … More
Password For Life
Have you ever forgot your password to your online bank account? Then you used the wrong password too many times so they put a freeze on your account and you could no longer have any access into your account. You knew they were trying to protect you from fraud and identity theft, but you just […]
Barely Hanging on to My Thread of Shredded Rope (with music videos)
About four years ago during one of my many stays in a psychiatric hospital I was experiencing deep dark hopeless … More
