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Stigma and Sophie’s Choice – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 6
I watched Sophie’s Choice the other day. It’s an amazing movie of a tragic and painful story and while I admire the film it’s one of those I have to steel myself up to watch because the story and subject matter, World War II and the Nazi concentration camps. But the other side of the…
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Come On, Choose! – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 5
If I had a genie, or a leprechaun, or some other mythical creature who’s sole point of existing was to grant wishes, there are a ton of wishes I would unload on him. Oh who am I kidding. I’d lock that little beast in the dog kennel, I have so many wishes. None of that three-and-out…
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Wordless Friday – Just Pictures. NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 4
Instead of writing about mental illness today, I thought I’d share some pictures of Tim with you. Here we are, taking him home from the hospital, just 12 hours old. Man, we were YOUNG! Look at that puffy, red boy, with all that wild hair! He got cute, fast. He was (is) a charmer, but…
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Dear 18 Year Old Me – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 3
Dear 18 year old Chrisa: Man, you have NO idea what you’re getting yourself in to. Raising kids sounded so easy. I mean, how hard can it be? You feed them, clothe them, love them, take them interesting places, teach them the things they need to know in order to grow up healthy and happy,…
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Commuting, Caffeine Deficiency, and Group Hugs – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 2
This morning’s NHBPM prompt isn’t motivating me this morning. It was to imagine my life is a TV show, and what would it be about. I could pretty much cut and paste yesterday’s post and fulfill that prompt, so instead, I’m figured I’d just spew out what was rattling around in my head as I…
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NaBloPoMo / NHBPM Day 1: Duh…
Since I’m also attempting NaNoWriMo this month, today’s blogging prompt is very appropriate. What is the title and synopsis of a book about your life? The title of my book would have to be the same as the title, and subject, for that matter, of my blog. The Mindstorm: Raising a Mentally Ill Child. My…
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I’m Writing. And Writing, and writing….
I’m going to attempt something that I know, right out of the gate, is a massive stretch. November marks worldwide challenges to writers, with two events encouraging us to get out of our ruts and write. NaNoWriMo is the meme for National Novel Writing Month, wherein the goal is to write 1,000 words of a…