I decided I wanted to do something different for the New Year. I wan to hear from others. The most popular response to those with mental illness is no more stigma. But what does that look like? Prompt: You wake up on New Years day to find the world has been granted a day without … Continue reading A day without Stigma
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My Happy Sad Mummy: Why I’ll be reading this to my kids
I saw this post on Twitter and had to share. I struggled with how to one day explain what it the matter with mommy to my boys. Right now Pickle is 1 and Big D will be 3 next month. So I have manged to skate by. However my ever observant Big D, it starting to notice things are sometimes off. He now asks ‘What is wrong, Mama?” I think this book would be a great way of explaining things on his level.
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Earlier this week I noticed a strange thing in my letterbox. An actual handwritten letter – from an unfamiliar address.
Expecting a Christmas card from one of the few friends who haven’t discarded this charming tradition for a digital greeting, I ripped open the envelope.
Inside was a short note and a newspaper clipping – from the step-mum of a girl I went to high school with 18 years ago. Strange huh?
But moments later tears pricked my eyes as I read her beautiful words – encouraging me to keep speaking up about mental illness. She also mentioned that I might be interested in a new children’s picture book she’d read about in the local paper: My Happy Sad Mummy.
I quickly read the book review and then jumped online to order our family a copy. For so long I’ve been searching for ways to explain my Bipolar Disorder to my young children in a way that’s easy for…
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Beyond Honored
This blog started out as a journal for me. It was a way for me to get through my day. In the last eight months, it has evolved into something bigger. Going back, it is like watching a baby learning how to walk. There was a lot of stumbling before I managed to catch my … Continue reading Beyond Honored
Lauren Kocher 