A cold , rainy Autumn day

Today it is cold and rainy.  The bright orange leaves on the trees in my yard are sadly floating to the ground.  Mother nature is dismissing them.  My children's mood matches the water that is falling from...

Hope in Texas

Residential treatment is a taboo word at my house.  It is on the list of vocabulary that is banned from my house like suicide, self injury and now residential treatment.  My daughter is bipolar and within...

The ones who sacrifice

Tonight I was reminded that someone very dear to me just deployed to Afghanistan. I, being a military spouse can understand the worry, anxiety and patience of waiting for someone to come home and hoping the...

What I miss about New York and love about Michigan

The rough and tumbles of an over qualified chef

So here goes I am going to write about something different tonight.....finding a job!  I have been unemployed now for about six months.  I loved my old ladies but I felt it was time to go back to what I...

Is hope the color white

In today's conflict within my family hope has become an acquaintance.  Tomorrow starts the first meeting of hopefully many , Project Hope.  Project Hope is in the making.  The goal is to take teens, let...

The Light at the end of bipolar

There is a light, faint but glowing at the end of the bipolar tunnel. My daughter after her recent hospitalization is different. Maybe it's the Lithium or maybe it's just my own longing of some semblance of...

Life's everday lessons

I am sitting here tonight feeling philosophical. I was thinking about life and the bigger meaning of what it means to be alive. I have definitely received a lot of lessons and hardships lately. I was...

Stories by the lake

Looking out at the waves I was being mesmorized by the lull of the water and its neverending dance with the sand.  The breeze was invigorating and teased my nostrils as a breathed in the cool Autumn air. ...

Midterms

Oh what can I say I have midterms this week . Shakespeare 420 and Russian literature 311. I agree with Anna Karenina in her suffering I am suffering through my one millionth episode of Sponge Bob Square...