I catch myself…staring out the window at the way the sun reflects off the wet grass, or how the moon seems to look like a smiley face tonight. My mind wanders and I think….(what should I cook for dinner, I need gas in the car, we’re out of diapers, my parents arrive on Friday, there’s…
Category Archives: Mental Health
What Tune Do You Live By?
One of the greatest things about people is the ability to be creative. Except when it’s a four year old creatively pretending to play a CD she made (out of cardboard). In your minivan’s CD player. Yep. Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking of the music I’m not listening to. The favorites…
Ways to Help Special Needs Siblings Thrive – Part 1
As some of you know, I love of Grey’s Anatomy. What draws me to the show is the genuine, honest, flawed, and intense characters. One, in particular, has captured my empathy: Alex Karev. He’s a bully. And he’s a great doctor who loves kids (but, of course, in secret). He’s a damaged soul from a…
To Write Love on Her Arms Day
According to the World Health Organization, depression is one of the leading causes of disability, with approximately 121 million people suffering with depression worldwide. The National Institute of Mental Health states that approximately 18 million people suffer from depression in America alone. Depression does not discriminate across age, race, gender, or class. Among teenagers it…
pills make the day go round
We tried 18 mg of Concerta (Methylphenidate). Then we upped it to 27 mg. After little success, we hesitantly moved up to 36 mg. We were surprised when it didn’t work very well. It has helped her sister immensely. That’s probably where we thought wrong. Since when are siblings ever on the same page on…