Six-year-old Ally plopped down on my bed and said, "Grandma, why are you back here all alone?" "I'm just sitting here playing Candy Crush (the mindless Facebook game that helps me not feel anything). I'm okay." Ally was silent for a few minutes and finally said quietly, "You know, Grandma, when …
A POST WRITTEN BY RICH: “CHALLENGING”
I am regularly asked, by many caring people with sincerity, compassion, concern and love, "how are you doing?" My response is, "things are challenging." However, "challenging" fails to even come close to describing the struggle of dealing with the depression, anxiety, mania, anger, agitation and …
HOUSE AT POOH CORNER
Rich used to play guitar. When we first met, he promised to learn the song "House at Pooh Corner" (Kenny Loggins) and sing it to me. I have always been a huge Winnie The Pooh fan. Over the years I would tease him that he still had to learn it and sing it to me. When he got sick and talked about …