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Before the Dawn
The ebook of Before the Dawn is coming out May 1st! When you pre-order from Smashwords.com, it is name your own price!
Body Image and Emotional Scars
When it comes to my appearance, I don't think of myself like what you see when you look at the picture above. I'm often told that I "just shouldn't worry about it" or that I don't have anything to worry about in the first place. But like...
Rethink Trauma Tees- Still For Sale!
Hey everyone! Here's just a quick reminder that you can get your very own Rethink Trauma tee (pictured below). The proceeds for each shirt helps get one child in the foster system a duffel bag! For more info on prices and sizing, email us at...
Mental Illness and Emotional Stamina
When you have a chronic illness you learn to recognize the ends of yourself. Unfortunately, the ends of yourself approach more rapidly than they do for people without illness. The brick wall called fatigue meets you smack in the face and knocks you over just when it...
It Could Always Be Worse
I keep hearing this: Things could be worse. You could be blind, you could lose your legs, you could always be worse. However rationally accurate this argument can be, it isn't healthy or fair. Maybe, if I were Jesus, I'd feel differently because I could tell...
so far away
I have to start this post by giving a little background on myself so you understand where I am coming from when I discuss support. I was raised in a military family. For all of my childhood we moved and left people behind. I was used to leaving people & vise...
First a short introduction
So, I am sure you have heard about my beautiful daughter. Her name is Cathy. She is 25 years old and she is the most amazing woman in the world. Of course, I am extraordinarily biased....she IS my daughter after all. I don't know HOW you met her but let me tell you...
Chronic Heroes: Kait Masters Pt 2
Last week I began telling you about my friend Kait. She's pretty awesome. That being said, here's more of what she had to say when I asked her about chronic illness and trauma. 3. How have you dealt with the distress caused by chronic illness? What are some of the...
Chronic Heroes: Kait Masters Pt. 1
I met Kait in North Dakota, while we were on separate mission trips to the same place. She is, without question, a singular individual. She is caring, beautiful, funny, smart, artistic; the list is only exhaustive because so is the English language. For all of the...
Is It Me?
Sitting at a picnic table out side at my community college's Woodbridge campus I heard the most difficult piece of advice I ever fully accepted. Little did I know that it was coming from a recovering alcoholic and even now I couldn't have guessed how this one...