LWHS February 2020: Vision

It’s February 2020, and what do we usually think of when we hear “twenty-twenty”? Perfect vision.We may not have perfect eyesight, … Read more…

In the darkness of disillusion and loss on the Saturday between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, Christ's followers didn't know what was coming. In the darkness of severe depression, we can trust light will shine again.

Waiting in the Dark

Their hope was gone. Light, extinguished. In the darkness of depression we can find hope in what Christ’s disciples didn’t know was coming that Saturday between crucifixion and resurrection.

I went away for a weekend, to write on the ocean. I am not the same... Here's a closeup I captured on Sunset Beach.

I am not the same

He warned us. He told us that an experience like this, this stepping away, is not benign. You can’t leave an experience like this unchanged. He was right. I went away for a weekend to write on the ocean. I am not the same.

Before I Wrote on the Ocean

Before I wrote on the ocean with OC87 Recovery Diaries, I realized something about my mental illness, mental health, and recovery.