Hopeful Reminders

Some children grow up learning to read clocks or maps. I grew up learning to read a person.

Every morning was a forecast. Before I said a word, before I even made a sound coming down the stairs, I was already scanning the atmosphere of our home. Was the air heavy or light? Were the curtains still drawn at noon? Was there music playing, and if so, what kind? I became a little meteorologist of my mother’s moods, charting pressure systems before breakfast, always trying to predict whether today would be clear skies or a storm I needed to shelter from.

Living with a parent with severe bipolar disorder is like living next to a river that can be either a gentle current or a flash flood, and you are never given a weather report. You just learn to check the water level constantly.

What you say matters!!

What’s behind your feelings? Often more feelings.

When you replace “why is this happening to me?” with “what is this trying to teach me?”, everything shifts.

What choices are you making today?

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We must seek peace not war.

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Being socially distant doesn’t have to be emotionally distant. Do something for someone in need today. Look around, you will find need in your communities, among friends, in your neighborhoods. Give!!