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I began blogging when my therapist suggested I journal my feelings and thoughts about raising a child with a severe mental health condition. This blog catalogs the day-to-day triumphs and tribulations of raising Timothy, diagnosed with childhood onset schizophrenia at age 11, as well as articles on fighting mental health stigma, navigating the Special Education system, sibling issues, and parental self-care.
2020-01-10 17:57
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2018-11-26 16:03
If you follow my Facebook page, you know what’s been going on with Tim the past few weeks. He went off his meds. Cue internal scream.
I realized he was off his meds on a Tuesday. He c… Read More
2018-09-28 20:24
So, this happened today:
Thank you, all of you, for voting, for supporting me, Tim, and our family all these years, and for trusting me with your stories and struggles. And thank you, WEGO… Read More
2018-09-06 00:01
I have talked about this on the Facebook page, but I wanted to let y’all know…Tim has moved into his own apartment.
I KNOW.
He moved May 1st, to a HUD subsidized apartment les… Read More
2018-05-21 19:24
It’s taken me a few weeks to write a post about attending this year’s HealtheVoices. This is the fourth time Janssen has hosted this event and I am blessed to have been invited t… Read More
2018-05-01 12:57
I. FEEL. DEFEATED.
Today my son was baker acted for the third time. He is 8 years old. 8. I drove to the hospital in silence as a fear I had since forgotten began to enter my heart. This day… Read More
2017-10-23 16:46
I know, I’ve been quiet for a few months. Frankly, I’ve started and stopped writing posts at least a dozen times over the past three or four months, and every time I get di… Read More
2017-05-23 08:00
In July of 1980 I was thirteen years old. I spend the previous school year being picked on for being chubby and having braces. The summer between seventh and eighth grade I got my braces off… Read More
2017-04-26 21:43
On April 20, 2017, it was announced that an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) was being proposed. The amendment was authored by Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). On April 25… Read More
2017-04-24 19:08
I went to the third annual HealthEVoices Online Advocacy conference this past weekend. I learned a lot that I want to share with you over the coming weeks. But probably the most import… Read More
2016-11-10 19:27
I have been trying to explain to friends, family, and others why I, a middle-aged, middle-class white woman, am afraid of what the next four years holds now that Donald Trump is our Presiden… Read More
2016-09-28 15:51
After our calls and emails to Knott’s Berry Farm and Hollow Studios, the online petition, and posts, articles, and letters from the Orange County chapter of NAMI, Pete Earley, Ron Thom… Read More
2016-09-23 14:23
I received a response from both Knott’s Berry Farm and the maker of the virtual reality game they are showcasing this Halloween.
From Knott’s Berry Farm:
It is never our intent t… Read More
2016-09-22 16:02
Knott’s Berry Farm is an amusement park in Orange County, California. I’ve been there several times, as a child and as an adult with my kids, including Tim. Every Oct… Read More
2016-08-25 14:14
My daughter is 19 now and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features at the age of 16 and then later borderline personality disorder. She’s tried to die by suicide twi… Read More
2016-08-24 14:29
Just over two years ago I was gloriously naive. Before the police knocked on my door the morning of May 31st, 2014, there was a lot I didn’t know.
I didn’t know my daughter had a… Read More
2016-05-02 09:00
There is some sentiment among advocates for persons with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that movements like Mental Health Awareness Month and fighting stigm… Read More
2016-05-01 19:11
Last year I wrote a post about attending Healthe Voices 2015 in Jersey City. It was an amazing new event hosted by Janssen Pharmaceutical and Everyday Health that brought together 60 online… Read More
2016-04-17 13:01
On this ninth anniversary of the tragic loss of 33 lives at Virginia Tech, please also remember:
Seung-Hui Cho Was diagnosed with mental illness before the age of 18.
Seung-Hui Cho’s f… Read More
2016-04-11 17:28
This Friday I will be at Healthe Voices 2016 in beautiful downtown Chicago! Healthe Voices is a weekend conference that brings patient and caregiver advocates for many different condit… Read More
2016-04-09 19:53
I painted this stencil over the top of Tim’s closet when he was eleven years old. That was the year everything changed. Tim was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia. He attempted su… Read More
2016-03-30 16:22
From the Washington Post article, on the incident this week of shots fired near the Capital:
Authorities identified the wounded suspect as Larry Russell Dawson, a minister from Tennessee. Th… Read More
2016-03-14 19:22
Years ago I worked for a school who only served kids with moderate to severe disabilities, primarily Autism. Part of our training was a series of lectures from other health professionals, su… Read More
2016-02-24 17:38
You may have read the story when it happened. On May 22, 2015, J’Aire Lee, three years old, was found dead on a swing in Maryland. A neighbor called the police and said his… Read More
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