Sickness

2018, Communication, Courage, Disease, Fear, Identity, Life, Love, Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Self-Care, Self-Help, Sickness, Spread love, Support Others

Mental Illness Isn't Hot Sauce... Stop Putting It On Everything.

When people we know, like and or love behave badly we want answers.  I honestly think it’s a natural response.  Inquiry and curiosity are tools we use to acquire information and keep ourselves safe. We assess situations and people and leverage a judgement based on what we know.  BUT… How can we do that if we don’t know what happened and why?

2018, Children, Communication, Death, Fear, Friendship, Grief, Holidays, Life, Love, Parenting, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-worth, Sickness

A Lesson In Empathy: The Almost Death of My Mother

I cannot imagine the turmoil, the pain, the absolute heartbreak of her absence in my life.  As Mother’s Day approaches many will be faced with the reality of more than “almost”.  They will wake up every single day with their beloved mothers still in heaven.  While the Christian thing to do is to rejoice knowing that she is with her heavenly father… the heart of a motherless child can hardly find peace; let alone rejoice.