Darkness in the light Church October 29, 2020 Over the course of five years I have written of my experience with depression. I reached some of the darkest... Read more »
Mental illness No category October 11, 2017 it is we who differentiate between the mental and... Read more »
A different perspective No category March 13, 2017 He was happy, fun and a joy to be around but the depression changed... Read more »
When crossing the car park is “all things.” No category January 9, 2017 It really couldn’t have been worse. It was six fifteen on a cold January morning. The drive in was uneventful... Read more »
Dropping pennies No category December 13, 2016 I have been incubating some life threatening virus... Read more »
Hope No category September 7, 2016 Suddenly the clouds parted….as the sun slowly broke the darkness in the far off Eastern sky, looking Westward a patch... Read more »
365 No category July 23, 2016 364 days have passed since I was last in this position. Age has never bothered me, I can’t think of... Read more »
What can you do? No category June 7, 2016 DO WHAT YOU CAN! Yes the shouty capitals were intentional. I do frequently need to retype whole paragraphs because I... Read more »
Caramel machiato No category June 2, 2016 Every so often there comes together a combination of things that are very near perfect. I wrote last week about... Read more »
A short walk through history No category May 5, 2016 Being confronted with a find like this in Olympic year forces some little retrospection. Ever since buying our house... Read more »
Twenty one days No category April 25, 2016 In some ways it doesn’t seem like that long since I beat a retreat from my place of employment.... Read more »
What is normal anyway? No category April 19, 2016 Normality is such a subjective concept that it is next to impossible to legislate one single bench mark to... Read more »
Get a grip!! No category March 20, 2016 Am I simply depressed, or do I have depression? This is is a thought that has been bouncing around... Read more »
What goes up… No category March 15, 2016 Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the…….let’s not finish that, neither is true and it’s just... Read more »
Sadness has a face No category February 22, 2016 We finally got around to watching Inside out at the weekend. It used to be the case that we... Read more »
The darkness No category February 7, 2016 Ok, here goes! After a year of making really good progress with this confounded illness I have just come through... Read more »
This is not me! No category February 2, 2016 What do you do when it all crumbles? There is no logic to it, you slept reasonably well, you were... Read more »
Unexpected No category January 29, 2016 It was a covers over the head and cuddle a soft leg kind of morning today. The forecasts had warned... Read more »
Forever young No category January 15, 2016 Right now on the radio there is someone murdering this brilliant song, I am tempted to call NASA to have... Read more »
Though like a wanderer No category January 13, 2016 One of the hardest things to do is to return the fight to a defeated person. I know that... Read more »
Not at the moment. No category January 5, 2016 When then? My parents escaped to the Caribbean in early 1990 after securing employment from a random application. Life had... Read more »
You say man flu I say head cold! No category December 9, 2015 Sickness is a very subjective subject. I can go through entire years without as much as a headache and... Read more »
Sign post of hope No category August 17, 2015 What you are about to read is dedicated to that select group (you know who you are) who have been... Read more »