Category: conversation

• Where are you right now…

  Depression is debilitating. I can’t move, think, or feel anything beyond my grief. Meds sometimes work, but sometimes, you can only take so much to numb yourself before it’s beyond repair. I’m in need of something that I don’t know. I’m so lost and bereft. Yes I have to live – my children and husband […]

  Allie’s mom

  August 6, 2021

  anxiety, conversation, daughter, depression, earth, faith, God, grief, hope, it’s ok not to be ok, loneliness, love, mental health, resilience, self care, Signs, suicide, support, survivor of suicide, therapy

• Waiting for Godot…

  My husband and I finally went out to a gathering last Saturday, a first get-together with people not in our close circle. The party was good fun with wonderful people with whom we played gin card games. As I watched my husband finish his hand at one point, I noticed the slight droop of his […]

  Allie’s mom

  May 3, 2021

  conversation, daughter, depression, faith, God, grief, hope, how to love, it’s ok not to be ok, loneliness, love, mental health, positive, resilience, Signs, suicide, support, therapy

• To one’s true self…

  Love is patient; love is kind; It is not jealous; It is not pompous, it is not inflated, It is not rude. It does not seek its own interests; It is not quick tempered; It does not brood over injury; It does not rejoice over wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, […]

  Allie’s mom

  March 11, 2021

  anxiety, behavior, conversation, daughter, earth, faith, God, grief, hope, how to love, loneliness, love, positive, resilience, Signs, suicide, survivor of suicide

  Catholic, mercy, patience