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Tell your story. It’s like honey on the tip of a straw. Stir into life the sweetness of truth.  Tell your story. It’s the only way to freedom.  On Saturday a man said to me through tears that if the only thing you do is tell your story, then your life will have left thisContinue reading “Tell Your Story”

Growing up in 1980s mid-Missouri, not too far from Ferguson, I learned how to be white. There was one black boy in my elementary classroom. He was funny, smart, and spoke with a severe slur because of his cerebral palsy that you had to focus on his every word to understand him. He also walkedContinue reading “The White Lie”

Love is complicated enough without adding mental illness into the mix. But for many of us, the experience of human love includes being in relationship with someone who happens to have mental illness. Deeply loving a family member, friend or lover who has an organic brain disease is a grand adventure with incredible, breathtaking vistasContinue reading “Love and Mental Illness”