• “Surprise ‘em with a victory cry”

    What is your career plan? I used to be a major fan of the show “Glee”, though I didn’t watch the seasons after they graduated high school. One of my favorite songs that they covered was “Safety Dance”. None of their songs were original, so I know the original is from the 80s. But it…

  • End the GD Stigma!

    My husband is off in the mountains of North Carolina right now. His job requires him to go out there and do work-related things among the horrific devastation. I could write a whole post about what is happening in my state right now, but I mention my husband because while he is out there doing…

  • So here’s the thing…

    I haven’t been in a good mood for a while. I haven’t been upset or in a negative emotional place, at least not one that lasts for very long. But what I haven’t experienced is that feeling of optimism and excitement. Sometimes in the middle of the school day, I’ll find myself thinking about going…

  • There are those days…

    There are those days like yesterday, when my husband left to do laundry at his mom’s house and I had to convince myself it was not a reason to cry. When I got dressed and got in the car and headed to the store to go grocery shopping only to turn around halfway there and…

  • Mental Health Set Backs

    At the deepest point of my depression, when the dark red razor cuts lined my forearms and I wasn’t sure if there would ever be a time when cutting myself didn’t make me feel temporary relief from the emotional distress I felt on a daily basis, I turned to my psychiatrist. A man who saved…