I hate winter. As a Texan, this is sacrilege. We’re all supposed to hate the heat (even though we choose to live in this state. Sigh.) The last couple of weeks have been plunging us into autumn, and we’ve already had our first hard freeze. Oh, I loathe it. Anyone Read More
Category: depression
The Purifying Fire of Grief
Grief is everywhere. All around me, someone is sick, someone is dying, someone is grieving. If I had been told that middle age would be so full of loss, I might have called them liars. Instead, grief calls me the liar. All is not well here on planet Earth, and Read More
Depression: Darkness & Silence
Sometime during the last school year, my sons took to randomly singing, “Hello darkness, my old friend.” When I informed them of the origins of the song, they laughed at the name Garfunkel. They also did not know the title was actually “Sound of Silence.” Not a big surprise there, Read More