seeking-serenity

It's been 2 months since Sam and I got back from Texas with his new communication method in hand. It was the first time in 4 years that we'd been able to communicate with him. I've trained his father...

It's been 2 months since Sam and I got back from Texas with his new communication method in hand. It was the first time in 4 years that we'd been able to communicate with him. I've trained his father...

I am soooo angry, but anger is so much better than depression. I'm sick of being put down. I'm sick of feeling like I'm a bad person. I'm sick of taking all of my husband's verbal abuse and believing...

Wow it's been awhile. It's so true that we only write when we are depressed, isn't it? I have some really good things going on in my life right now, but the bad things are currently outweighing them....

I have no time to flyNo time to dieNo time to liveNo time for anythingI am just floating through lifeOn a whisper of a soulWondering where it isI should be or go...

I know what it is. I feel "heavy." Heavy in mind, body, and spirit. Life is overwhelming to me right now and it is weighing me down. Even the good things seem threatening in that they add to the...

I'm so overwhelmed right now. I don't feel like I'm working enough with my autistic son, my other son, or anything else. It's a struggle to get the daily things done, much less the other things I'd...

Wow it's been awhile since I've written. The depression comes in waves. I feel overwhelmed at times--make that most of the time. Whatever I'm doing for my son it seems not enough. Never enough. Then...

I'm so tired. I was in a car accident last week and I'm still recovering from that. I realize that I am in a caretaker role big time. It is fine to take care of my kids--that is the nature of being a...

Wow. So. I didn't think I was this depressed. And maybe I wasn't. Until I came home. I laid in the tub tonight and thought, "Wow I don't want to live anymore." It's odd this time because it is not me...

So I'm depressed. And no one knows. I am generally functional when depressed; i.e., I get out of bed, take care of the kids, go to work. But I know. No one else does though. I told my best...

My son has the movie Mulan. I've watched it several times. It does a great job portraying a brave woman. I love it up until the end. And then I am depressed. Because come on! What is going to happen?...

Recently I saw the movie "Freedom Writers." It is based on a true story about a naive new teacher who gets assigned to a freshman class of newly integrated inner-city kids during the LA riots. The...

I'm stressed about an upcoming week alone with my husband. We are attending a training course for my son. I'm sick of how he treats me. He always says mean things. They aren't called for. He always...

One of the things that I am struggling with is the passing of time. My children are growing up. My oldest is almost 4 and he's a bright, intelligent little boy who's moving and changing and adjusting...