We finally got my medications under control, and I was pretty stable for a while. In August of 2007, I noticed an ad on Facebook for a Christian sorority that had just formed at UNF. Rush week was the first week of school, and completely against my nature, I responded to the ad and made [...]
Archive for October, 2010
My Story – Part 5
Posted in My Story on October 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Story – Part 4
Posted in My Story on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, my worst nightmare came true. My mom called me one evening and asked me if there was anything I wanted to tell her. I said no, and she pressed further. She asked me point blank if I was still in school. I tried lying again, but finally I just broke down and began sobbing. [...]
My Story – Part 3
Posted in My Story on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My first year in Gainesville, I lived off campus in a single bedroom. I never made any friends freshman year. I found it harder and harder to make it to my classes, to get up the energy to do my homework and to study. I would go for 3 and 4 days at a time [...]
My Story – Part 2
Posted in My Story on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
School became a nightmare for me in the middle of 6th grade. I loved my classes and classmates, but I had encountered every pre-teen’s nightmare – the mean girls. There was a group of three of them who lived in my neighborhood and rode my bus who tried their very hardest to make my life [...]
My Story – Part 1
Posted in My Story on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was not born into any particular faith. I was not baptized as an infant, and my parents did not belong to any church. However, shortly after my younger brother, J, was born in 1987, they made the decision to send me to preschool at a very small Episcopal Day School nearby. This is the first [...]
Quixotic Status
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Borrowed this from fellow blogger, Everyday Mommy. Outside My Window the air is finally cooling down here in Coastal Florida. I’m eagerly anticipating crisp autumn nights – knit sweater, white chocolate mocha heaven. I am Listening to the click-click of typing around me. I am Wearing my heart on my sleeve these days. I am [...]
A Delicate Balance
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We compare notes as to how busy our lives are – how little sleep we get, how the laundry is always piled up, how errands take up our “free time” on the weekends. Where is the quiet? Where is the peace?
