A “new chapter of my life will begin” my friend said after the party. It will be to promote my book, making sure I make a dent in the stigma – especially the stigma in the church. Well, since that day in 2008, I haven’t been so good at promoting my books – A Firm […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 180 (July 21, 2008) What do you do when you’re so happy that, waking up at 3:30 in the morning, you can’t get back to sleep again? This happened yesterday morning. I was too happy to sleep. I felt like there was something I should do with such happiness. Dance or something. […]
Read More...The person in the previous post is one of many individuals I befriended while leading Living Room for nine years. I often wonder how they are. I grieve having had to step down from my Living Room group three or so years ago. But loss of the group is not all I grieve. I very […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 179 (July 17, 2008) A couple of days ago I visited a blogging pal in hospital. I had for a long time been wanting her to play the piano for me – because I love piano music and because I heard her play one of her songs before and it was beautiful. […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 178 (July 12, 2008) In a week from today I’ll be having my book launch for A Firm Place to Stand. We’re planning a big party in the garden, hoping the weather will co-operate. I’ve lost track of the number of people I’ve invited but sixty have confirmed so far. Many yet […]
Read More...How I would love to go back to those days of wellness and joy I described in the previous post! Today things are drastically different. Not too long before I left the church in 2016 where I had experienced the great love and happiness I have described so far, I was diagnosed with features of […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 177 (July 4, 2008) It’s hard to believe how my mental health has improved over the years. Amazing how far I have come! The friends from my current church who have known me for four or five years think I’ve made great strides since they got to know me. But they didn’t […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 176 (July 3, 2006) Earlier this week a blogger wrote about the importance of wanting wellness if we want to be well. “As far as I am concerned, the most critical component of achieving wellness is wanting it….Wellness doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Whether you believe that bipolarity and/or clinical depression is […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 175 (June 30, 2008) The invitations to my July 19th book launch have gone out. I’m looking forward to hearing who all is going to come. I’ve invited a huge mix of people: mental health professionals, fellow writers, friends, relatives, neighbors, leaders from my church, and – of course – Living Room […]
Read More...So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better […]
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