It’s Easter; the center of the Christian faith. We are all to be thankful and worshipful for “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” [John 3:16] What more can be said? I know I have nothing more…
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Reconnecting
Several weeks ago I read an article in a magazine describing and discussing the state of mental health in the United States. In the article experts estimated that about 80% of all Americans suffer from some sort of mental illness. Eighty percent. The article then went on to detail the different types of mental illnesses…
Better Living Through Chemistry
Words. They’re only words. Groupings of letters in a particular order that provide a visual representation of what we want to communicate. So why can’t I find the words to put down on paper. In the past, I would write 15 to 50 pages a day! Now – I struggle to complete a paragraph. I…
Blessed In Exile
Here we are at the final installment for this series of postings. It has been, for me, an arduous task of writing about very difficult topics. My plate of spaghetti has many other strands that I have to chew through in my healing process, but after today we can sop up the sauce of this…
Pasta For One, But Many To Feed
In Life Is Like A … Bowl Of Spaghetti and Spaghetti … And A Few Meatballs you read about the history of sexual abuse I suffered as well as the initial mental illness. Here you’ll read how that mental illness manifested itself and grew into my adult life. At age fifteen two new people became visible to…
The Healing Continues
If you didn’t read Part 1 last week, start here It’s All About The Healing Let me be clear. I am not saying prayer is a waste of time! I say pray without ceasing! But do I believe prayer and faith alone will always prevail? Yes and no. Let me explain… First, those statements made…
It’s All About The Healing
I am mentally ill. The roots of the mental illness I battle are in the sexual abuse I suffered as a child. I am left with wounds. Some are scarred over, some have scabs, and others are raw and open. Over the years I developed poor, unhealthy coping mechanisms. I chased the false idols of…
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