Sharing My Faith, Motherhood, & Mental Health Journeys with Raw Honesty
It's been quite a while since I've written. It's not that things haven't been going on - on the contrary. I'm actually not quite sure why I haven't sat down to write a post in so long. I think it just didn't feel like the right time. But I want to apologize for not keeping…
Continue reading ➞ A New Journey
Struggling with mental health issues has been almost a lifelong journey for me. Anxiety, OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and depression developed in my early teen years and have shape-shifted in my life for the past two decades. But dealing with mental illness doesn't mean that you can't fight it and determine how to thrive. It doesn't…
Continue reading ➞ What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Mental Illness
Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12:7 that he has a “thorn in his flesh.” The thorn is never identified; however, Paul looks to the Lord to give him strength and comfort to endure and overcome anything the thorn throws at him. Likewise, for those of us who suffer from mental illness, our emotional and mental…
Continue reading ➞ Finding and Keeping Faith in the Depths of Mental Illness (Guest Post)
I feel like this particular post has taken the better part of twenty years to compose. Many are already aware of this, but for those who aren't: I first started struggling with mental health issues in my teen years. Family problems, spiritual struggles, physical maladies, and destructive natural tendencies plagued me...and they all seemed to…
Continue reading ➞ Coming Alive
God has the best timing. I really don't know how He does it. 🙂 He allowed just the right song to play on my car radio at just the right time, when I felt overwhelmed to the point of giving up. I've been titrating down on the medications I take for depression, anxiety, and OCD…
Continue reading ➞ Just the Right Time
