New Year, New Thoughts to Persistently Living

I think i’ve said it before on the blog, but I’m not one for New Year’s Resolutions. I dislike New Year’s Resolutions because it feels so formal for something as simple as a change in day and year. Why should I be making a change just because it’s a New…

How to Talk About Mental Health

  Sharing the story, “My Mental Health Struggles”, has opened a gateway for a variety of feedback.  I’ve I’ve read through comments, messages and texts atop of in-person feedback, which took a bit of energy on my part to go through them all. I have to say, so much of…

Pink Shirt Day: Bye Bye Bullies!

Pink Shirt Day began with two boys standing up for a fellow male schoolmate, who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. Since then, it’s grown into a national effort to take a stand against bullying, with people wearing pink shirts, donating money and raising awareness about bullying…

My Mental Health Struggles

It’s taken me months to write this post. I’ve gone back and forth, writing, editing, scrapping the whole thing, rewriting the whole thing, and spending my time worrying about what people would think after reading this. I’ll cut to it… I’ve struggled with mental illnesses for as long as I…