Love takes many shapes. It can be like the groove worn by a steady stream of water into a canyon bed. It can be majestic and powerful like the great mountains of the Earth. It can be fleeting and fragile like a snowflake. The shape that love takes often surprises me. With my face intoContinue reading “The Shape of Love”
Category Archives: Mental Illness
A Rocking Chair, A Broken Chair
The day before Thanksgiving my 94 year old grandmother had cancer surgery. With my smart phone I took pictures of her face immediately following the surgery and texted them to my physician siblings, typing, “See what they did to G-ma.” The surgery was proclaimed successful by the surgeon, despite the fact they had accidentally switchedContinue reading “A Rocking Chair, A Broken Chair “
Charlie Brown’s Psychiatric Help
In the classic 1965 film A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown seeks psychiatric help from Lucy for a five cent session. Charlie Brown has the Christmas blues. He’s feeling unpopular and wondering why he’s not in the Christmas spirit. Jonathan Rottenberg is a research psychologist at the University of South Florida who studies mood science. In myContinue reading “Charlie Brown’s Psychiatric Help”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 