Archive for the ‘Mental Health’ Category
Trinity plus one
The first time happened in high school. When the teacher asked where his homework was he replied, “I didn’t do it. . . . The world is ending tomorrow.”
That was the first time he was committed to a mental hospital. As a result, he graduated a year later than scheduled.
She did not [...]
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Happy Birthday Daddy,
Today, would have been your 58th birthday. I know you didn’t enjoy the whole getting older thing. I guess you managed to skip out on it after all, eh? I can’t help but think about you today. Your granddaughter turns five in one week and you never even got to see her [...]
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Good news first. My son is fine. It’s your typical migraine and we aren’t even going to put him on a preventative as long as it doesn’t get any worse. The last few times he started getting a migraine we were able to give him his medicine fast enough that he recovered [...]
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My first broken heart
The Summer of 1979, I was five and a half years old. It was hot. I had just come in from outside where I had been playing with my imaginary friend, Charlie Brown*. We’d been swinging on my swing set, under the giant pecan tree, with a view of the brick backyard [...]
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I don’t think I am angry anymore
Ever since my dad died I have had a series of dreams with a recurring theme. The dreams happened at least once a week during the first few months after his death. Then they tapered off to once a month. Just the other day I told my husband I had not had [...]
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