It's my favorite weather here, 68 degrees and mostly sunny...pure heaven. Today I'm really summoning my inner fall goddess. I have the cinnamon and cloves simmering on the stove-top and banana muffins in the oven. All the windows are wide open and I feel good. I think it's perplexing at times how much my moods are linked to the weather. I know I'm not alone in this. One of those things that are out of our control. This girl is not complaining today.
September 5, 2013
Today sucks. Today is one of those days I just want to crawl into a cave and drink some cave-man-sleeping-elixir and wake up when everything is "fixed". The black fog of depression has settled in my bones and I hope it doesn't stay long.
So today I coped by crying, making cookies with my 5 year old, taking the kids to the park before it got dark out and crying some more. I try to just focus on the little things that are so precious to me... The softness of my babies' skin, their long dark eye lashes, how my daughter twirls her hair around her finger, the taste of warm chocolate chip cookies and the adorable sad face my dog gives me when I won't give him one.
September 3, 2013
Today I officially sent off my last baby to school.(Kindergarten) All four of my children are at school as I write this, sitting at my dining room table with the crisp fall breeze blowing in. Parts of me are sad, but the parts of me that are proud are cheering louder today. :) I could take this time to relax, but there ain't no rest for the wicked. Laundry, dishes and other daily domestics are calling my name.
September 2, 2013
Well, today I am proud to say that my Facebook Page is up to 17 "likes" after only 2 days! I doubt it will continue to grow at this pace and most of them are family and friends, but this shows something! Support. I feel like those 17 people really have my back and are interested in the things I have to write about.
Well, today I am proud to say that my Facebook Page is up to 17 "likes" after only 2 days! I doubt it will continue to grow at this pace and most of them are family and friends, but this shows something! Support. I feel like those 17 people really have my back and are interested in the things I have to write about.
I have to admit i was a little nervous to start a page and invite people from my "Friend's List". Then I though what kind of mental health blogger/writer would I be if I was too ashamed or scared to share this with my own little world. So pat me on the back.... and here's to my baby Pathways and Pieces!
September 1, 2013
So here is my world-wide debut into my life. Lets do this!
I think it would be appropriate for my first personal post to be about why I started this blog and a little background info on me.
I am a married mother with four amazing children. I am 30 something years old and I currently reside in the 10,000 lakes state of Minnesota. I am a nurse, an artist, a musician, a writer, a baker, a gardener, a wannabe photographer, a crafter and.... someone with a mental illness. Yup, there it is, I said it!
My relationship with anxiety has been almost life-long. My earliest memories of anxiety started at the age of 8 years old. It wasn't until I was 22 years old that my anxiety manifested into panic attacks and eventually panic disorder. Throughout all of this you could easily assume I was diagnosed with depression. Here I am 10 years later writing about mental health on this blog.
I have accepted that anxiety-panic disorder and depression are a part of my life, but I refuse to let them Be my life. In the many years I have endured through this chaos, I have learned so many valuable lessons. I do not take like for granted even when it does suck.
I started this blog to educate (the nurse in me), to share and encourage (the mother in me) and to creatively heal through writing (the writer/artist in me). Mental health isn't just a passion of mine, it's my life. As I navigate the pathways and put together the pieces I hope to help others who dare to live this life with me.
Leah
September 1, 2013
So here is my world-wide debut into my life. Lets do this!
I think it would be appropriate for my first personal post to be about why I started this blog and a little background info on me.
I am a married mother with four amazing children. I am 30 something years old and I currently reside in the 10,000 lakes state of Minnesota. I am a nurse, an artist, a musician, a writer, a baker, a gardener, a wannabe photographer, a crafter and.... someone with a mental illness. Yup, there it is, I said it!
My relationship with anxiety has been almost life-long. My earliest memories of anxiety started at the age of 8 years old. It wasn't until I was 22 years old that my anxiety manifested into panic attacks and eventually panic disorder. Throughout all of this you could easily assume I was diagnosed with depression. Here I am 10 years later writing about mental health on this blog.
I have accepted that anxiety-panic disorder and depression are a part of my life, but I refuse to let them Be my life. In the many years I have endured through this chaos, I have learned so many valuable lessons. I do not take like for granted even when it does suck.
I started this blog to educate (the nurse in me), to share and encourage (the mother in me) and to creatively heal through writing (the writer/artist in me). Mental health isn't just a passion of mine, it's my life. As I navigate the pathways and put together the pieces I hope to help others who dare to live this life with me.
Leah
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