Take the Bad Days with the Good
When you have bipolar disorder, you have to take the bad days with the good (which is true for life in general, but especially true when it comes to this disorder). You can’t take it to the extreme,...
View ArticleGetting Ready for the Holidays
Well, I’ve been getting ready for the holidays, and trying to stay stress-free and out of an episode, like I do every year. I’ve also been trying to keep everyone around me from going into an episode...
View ArticleHouse Hunting
We got a wonderful surprise the other night. Bill’s mom took us out to dinner and delivered some awesome news about a decision she made that would affect Bill and me. Since Bill’s brother died at...
View ArticleI Hope I NEVER Have to Do This Again!
I just got done moving into a new house, and I sincerely hope I NEVER have to do this again! What am I saying, just got done? I’m not sure I’m EVER gonna be done! I had gotten the kitchen all put...
View ArticleKeep On Keepin’ On
Well, we survived the move without either of us going into a manic episode, which is great news, don’t you think? I LOVE my new house! It’s a log cabin house, with exposed rafters and hardwood floors...
View ArticleConsistency is the Key
Life is all about change. There was a time in my life when change itself was enough to throw me into manic episode after manic episode because I was so ill-prepared to cope with those changes. However,...
View ArticleHaving Good Bipolar Supporters
Thank God for good bipolar supporters. I know I appreciate my husband, who is my primary supporter, in more ways than one. But as a supporter, he helps me keep on my toes regarding my bipolar disorder....
View ArticleToo Tired to Function
This morning my husband had an appointment at the doctor’s, and I was going to go with him (I usually do). The problem was, he was too tired to drive (he does all the driving, as I hate to drive)....
View ArticleTaking Each Day as It Comes
My dad is dying. He has emphysema, because he smoked all his life. He quit several years ago, but I guess it caught up with him, and he’s paying for it now. It started a few months ago, when he...
View ArticleReflecting on a Few Things
I’ve just been reflecting on a few things lately… When I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my reaction went from one extreme to the other – for one thing, I was just happy that they had a name...
View ArticleOnce in a Lifetime Opportunity
Well, did you get to see the solar eclipse last week? I didn’t. I tried, but we didn’t get it real good where I live. They got to see it real good about 60 miles from here, and we thought about going,...
View ArticleHurricane Irma
Well, we are in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, and I guess it could have been worse, but it was pretty bad as it was. I think about how bad things could have been for me if I had stayed in Florida...
View ArticleI Am SO Mad!
I am SO mad! My mom is in the hospital with pneumonia and had a heart attack (she’s 80), so my brother and I have been calling the hospital daily for updates on her condition. Well, I just got an email...
View ArticleAlways Be Yourself
Well, my mom is back in the hospital again. She had gotten out and was in a rehab facility, but she became anemic and her blood pressure dropped to 30 so she fell down and hit her head, and they had to...
View ArticleMom is Not Herself
Mom is just getting worse. Her roommate tells my dad, “She is just not being very nice.” The nurses tell him, “She is being very mean.” And I can attest, according to my last phone call with her, that...
View ArticleMom Going to Rehab
Well, it’s debatable whether Mom is getting better or not. I guess you could say she is better in that she is not combative any more, but that could be because she is no longer in the assisted living...
View ArticleMom Died, and My Heart is Broken
Mom died on Christmas Eve, and my heart is broken. I miss her so much. She had had trouble breathing, so she had been in the hospital, where they found fluid on her lungs. However, then she got a...
View ArticleTrying to Encourage Dad
Well, It’s been almost a month since Mom died, and in a way it’s gone really fast, and in a way it’s gone really slow. Some days I don’t even recognize that she’s gone – I pick up the phone to call her...
View ArticleGradual Acceptance
Well, it’s been over a month since my mom died, and I’m reaching a gradual acceptance of the loss. I guess it helps that for over a year she really hadn’t been my “mom,” but an elderly lady with...
View ArticleFaith as Small as a Mustard Seed
I am struggling with something right now. Well, I guess I am struggling with my faith. I know that the Bible says, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘move...
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