Caregiving: Delicate
It is easy to get lost in jargon when talking about mental health. I endeavour to keep conversation comfortable; I talk about my husband’s mental health issues. Issues. It is such a delightfully benign...
View ArticleCaregiving: The Big Reveal
Except it’s been there all along: his diagnosis. This evening, for the first time, I shared this series with someone – who wasn’t a friend or family – and acknowledged that it was written by me. The...
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Giving up something you have loved for six years is really really freaking hard. Anytime someone breaks up with a long term relationship, the fallout hurts immensely. Last week, I was forced into a...
View ArticleCaregiving: Monsters, Furniture, and Awareness
October seems to be the month of awareness. I feel very aware of mental illness. I watch it drag him down, bring him to his knees, smack him around for good measure. It’s interesting to see the...
View ArticleCaregiving: Surrender
There comes a time to surrender. I can’t see how I will ever make my peace with it, but I endeavour to achieve acceptance. At this moment, the clock hands are approaching 1 a.m. Bed is a must, I need...
View ArticleCaregiving: A Ready-Made Christmas
The idea of a Christmas made up of beautiful homemade gifts, cards, decorations, and food is so enticing. Social networks are covered in ideas shared and tried. It is the season for giving, and the...
View ArticleCaregiving: Fight Song
This has been the song on constant repeat. The soundtrack to my coming out of hibernation. The tune that I have reached for as I feel myself turning into a ball of stress. Winter has come and gone....
View ArticleCaregiving: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas
I’ve been watching Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. I’ve laughed, cried, felt my heart soar and ache, and wondered how it is that fiction can be so deeply touching. I keep coming back to something...
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