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  • Anyone Can

    Last night was my first night "Shadowing" on the Crisis Line at Dial Help.  We didn't have one phone call, but we did discuss abuse and the intricacies in how we can make a difference in stopping abuse, and the… Continue reading

  • What not to do.

    Every so often, another family member pops up and suggests to me, that it is time to let go, to forgive and move on or really revert back to my old self and go back to my old relationships within… Continue reading

  • Covering Up my Truth.

    I listened to Jane Fonda speaking about her life, and I wasn't able to write it down word for word, but what she had to say struck me. How our survival self stands in the way of us growing up… Continue reading

  • Matches Reality

    What has been so extremely enthralling and terrifying is how my mind can see reality totally opposite of how it actually is.  How I could live blind of not only what I was doing, but that of others as well.… Continue reading

  • Get us back

    As I was mowing the grass yesterday, I wondered if all Mental Illnesses mean you are not in reality?  That the meaning of being ill in your mind, is when you can't see or be with reality? While there are… Continue reading

  • Ladies Day in Marquette.

    Our Ladies Day Trip, to see the quilts hanging at the Sweet Water Cafe. "Inner Joy" welcomed us as we entered… My girlfriend had suggested we go and see the quilts, and I am glad we did.  It was fun… Continue reading

  • Climbing through the darkness…

    Last night at Dial Help,  we learned a bit about suicide.  Some of the statistics are shocking and then, not so much. There are 35,000 who die each year…more than in war or disasters. 90% have mental health issues. The… Continue reading

  • Filled by Me

    "If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home, we may miss our… Continue reading

  • ‘Nice’ to Me.

    "The lies we believe about ourselves can be difficult to see because we are so used to them that they seem normal."  Don Miguel Ruiz Today while riding along delivering mail, I listened to an old Oprah Show about girls… Continue reading

  • Neglecting None

    In last nights role play at Dial Help, we learned about depression, or experienced what it feels like to answer the calls…or even more important, how it feels to sit in the emotion with them or 'try and fix things'.… Continue reading