Category: loneliness

• Half-full or empty…

  A young person once asked me to say something inspiring to her, because she was feeling low. “Tell me something profound,” she pleaded. I stared at her and said that’s not how it works. She apologized, but I know she needed help. I’m glad she reached out, but I know I have my limits. There…

  Allie’s mom

  October 15, 2021

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

• 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

• Whatever it may be, it can be better…

  It’s been a long time since I’ve written. In the last few weeks, I’ve lost two dear friends, in particular, a dear close friend to cancer. My sweet friend died from cancer after battling this beast, as she called it, for almost three years. Elle, as I will call her, and I didn’t really see…

  Allie’s mom

  June 1, 2021

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

  balance, Catholic, compassion love, depression, God, mental health, mercy, pain, patience, perseverance, prevention, recovery, Religion, sadness, strength, survivor of suicide