Our family has walked through many seasons of Shaun’s battle with depression & anxiety. The following posts were written while our family was drowning in the nine month agony of Shaun’s last big battle. The posts are in reverse chronological order. I wrote in the midst of the struggle from August 2014-May 2015. May you find you’re not alone with the hard you are carrying.
Hope On | End of the Tunnel?
Our family's April has felt like the last leg of a very dark tunnel.
On the Out
When you're on the outside looking in things can seem different than what they really are.
A Rebellious Harvest
Winter told us the days would stay long and dark and lonely. FOR.EVER. The cold would stay. And everything seen reinforced the message.
The Struggle of the Up Close
We can become disillusioned by the things right in front of us because our view is focused in one tiny spot.
Canvas in the Chaos
Kids are great at adapting to life and being open to create and find joy. I want to be more like that!
In the Middle of Things
Just passed the sink heaped high with used up dishes. A few steps through the scattering of living crumbed across the floor.
Our Deepest Black
Can you remember the last time you felt the can't-see-my-hand-in-front-of-my-face kind of darkness?
Heaping Piles
In the rare chance you feel less than picture perfect, I wanted you to know you aren't alone.
Ain’t No Perty About It
Loving a husband with a mental illness that feels like it's trapping us in forever hard times and wreaking spiritual havoc in the mean time is tough stuff.
Practice Love, Not Just the Squishy Kind
It isn't for us to choose between the easy or the hard -- it's for us to love.
Tone of Love
Just when I was thinking I had myself pulled together, the driver greeted me with the most sincere, kind and compassionate voice…
On the Banks of Depletion
Passing over the bridge last week caused my soul to resonate with the depletion.