This is my experience as I know mental illness, stigma and speaking out. I have a very unique journey, from both sides of the world, one being the "special needs" community, and the other being the isolated world of "mental illness". Because for some reason God chose to let my children live with a variety... Continue Reading →
Supporting National Alliance on Mental Illness. #NAMIwalks #MentalHealthMonth
My entire family is able to walk with NAMI walks next weekend! I know its last minute, 1 week left, but my youngest son has a page to help raise funds. Just click his name and give any amount. Sponsor Erik as he walks to honor his brother and so many others living with mental... Continue Reading →
1 year Anniversary of Not Forgotten Ministries. #SpecialNeeds #families #church
Today, marked the 1 year anniversary of the special needs church ministry that my husband began in May of 2018. I follow his lead as he is operating in his purpose. The name of the ministry is called Not Forgotten Ministries. Such a fitting name for the ministry, because we want other families who have... Continue Reading →
Operating in my purpose! While helping others. #Journey #Advocacy #MentalHealth
Hi everyone! I'm super excited to announce my latest achievement in completing NAMI's family-to-family support program! This was a 12 week course. But we managed to finish in 11! Next up, I am registered to become trained on facilitating their Ending the Silence program! Which is exactly what I am passionate about. This program is... Continue Reading →
Share your story for God’s glory. #MentalHealth #Journey #Truths
This is a thought that came to me this evening. As a person who has been flawed, imperfect, of many mistakes and poor choices along the way and finally one day becoming to the knowledge of Christ, I am unashamed of my journey. Struggles and ALL, because there is power in my story when I... Continue Reading →
Sometimes we need others to pull us, not push us. #Encouragement #MentalHealth #MOM #Advocate
As a person, mom, advocate, wife, friend, stranger, caregiver, voice, I think I can speak for myself and others when we have felt like a failure, lost hope and felt like giving up, that we just needed some encouragement. The important thing is we didn't completely give up, or we wouldn't still be here. We... Continue Reading →
The voices of many: Recovery & Gratitude #MentalIllness
This is a collaborative collage I created to share others comments. Since most of us are visual people I know most people enjoy looking at colorful things more than reading letters. This was created to share some insight from actual people who live in recovery with their mental illness. These are their words, their voice,... Continue Reading →
Best teachers #Life #Experience
That second part may sound familiar. But the whole thought is true for so many of us. I'm doing a lot of thinking and reflecting today. Can you tell? Thanks for being here again!
Living with purpose. #AbleNotTheLabel
See the able, NOT the label! This is my son, His name is Erik. He was just a baby here, he is now nearly 17 and able! Yes he has developmental delays but he is living his life just as anyone else would. Able and capable to try new things everyday. He has overcome many... Continue Reading →
Just a little piece of advice #MentalHealthMatters
This is just some advice from my own walk of life. Oftentimes I think we need to do more of these very exact statements. Instead we set ourselves up for disappointment, because we treat our friends like our therapists, and we go in way too deep instead of keeping things on the surface. Which can... Continue Reading →
