Author Archives: dyingtobeperfect1926

Love and mental illness to some both are rare. Even though they seem worlds apart, both can tear your world apart and make you wish you didn’t care. Now, it seems that at an alarming rate real love is breaking hearts. That’s usually when the anxiety, depression, and yes, sometimes even suicidal thoughts start. HeartsContinue reading “The Parallel”

This time there’s no need to worry. This time, the struggle’s going to be easier. This time, the betrayal won’t be as painful. This time the heart won’t take long to mend. This time I won’t have to question IF God is going to make a way. I already know from all of the timesContinue reading “There’s No Way, to Make it Without God”

Three months left in 2022 and it is saddening to see that after all of the endless rhetoric about ‘life being short‘ and loving each other, etc., human connections are growing further apart, and families are becoming more estranged. Is the pandemic to blame? Of course, not…well, not completely. The pandemic, I believe, is whatContinue reading “MY HEART HAS EARS”

What a day! I will never forget it…Tuesday, August 23, 2022. My baby boy…my Snickerdoodle…my #2 Sonshine…the last of my four, went off to college. My heart is full just thinking about it. I have been trying to figure out my next steps since he left just three weeks ago. I am full of pride,Continue reading “Support, Not Sympathy”

Just an ordinary girl with an extraordinary HEART; my heart was different; I knew it from the start. A heart full of passion, a heart so pure, a desire to help people, WHY? I was always unsure. Always giving of herself, oftentimes her last; yet when she was in need there was no one toContinue reading “A Heart so Different”

It’s the first full week of a new month, and still, no changes. Our youth are still both the perpetrators and the victims of gun violence. Our crime rate continues to increase. Families continue to fall apart, and unfortunately, loyalties continue to fall by the wayside. These things, for whatever reason, seem to be theContinue reading “YOUR Vision is Blinding Them”

Happy Monday!!!!! On this 29th day of August 2022, I say , TO YOU, MY FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS, THANK YOU! I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP PRAYING AND BELIEVING, NO MATTER HOW DARK THE ROAD SEEMS. TOGETHER, WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE, WE CAN MAKE IT! MENTAL ILLNESS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU! I sincerely want toContinue reading “ONLY BECAUSE OF YOU”

A few days before Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I’m sitting here watching Mass online. When I got up this morning, my intention was to go to church, but the way I feel…so, here I am… AGAIN. Struggling to find the strength to make it. It is, and always has been easy for me to doContinue reading “Be Extraordinary”

Is suicide preventable? Experts say yes. Like all subjects, many disagree, however, the more aware we are, the more preventable it can become. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Like anything else, making ourselves aware of the warning signs, can prevent suicide and save lives. Suicide is a tragedy that touches the lives ofContinue reading “SUICIDE PREVENTION”

As we prepare to begin a new school year, while we purchase the latest phone and accessories, expensive backpack or newest sneaker for our child, LET US NOT FORGET. As we send our children to school with the freshest haircuts, hairstyles, nails and eyelashes, LET US NOT FORGET. Before we bring our children Chic filContinue reading “Let Us Not Forget”