I got an email from a friend the other day, one of those that get forwarded a million times. It contained a load of elitist, hateful, horseshit.
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, [...]
I finally saw Ryan in a dream, but it’s not what I expected or hoped for.
All along I’ve been waiting to see him in a dream. My wife and daughters have seen him, and they were great experiences. But mine wasn’t. He was waiting outside our bedroom waiting to [...]
Ryan’s bedroom walls were a giant montage. Pictures – some personally drawn, some from the internet, most clipped from magazines. Sports cards, autographs, and memorabilia. Ticket stubs, and showbills. Cross country and marathon numbers from running events. Medals and varsity letters. He also had poems, quotations, scripture [...]
Since discovering Facebook I haven’t spent as much time here. I’m really having fun with Facebook. I’ve run into people I haven’t seen for many years, a couple have been over 25 years. I’m loving it.
From the news, another case of wrong-place-wrong-time that would not have occurred if not for bipolar disorder. Yet another tragic bipolar disorder death.
Woodworker shot dead in Robinwood
He was a well-known craftsman in the Severna Park area with the gift to make wood come alive.
But Timothy Hayes Marsh, 48, also struggled with bipolar disorder, his [...]
Something’s missing or broken right now. There’s a hole, or something that I can’t fill. Rather than try to write about it, I’ll let one on of my favorite songwriters, John Hiatt, do it:
There’s something broken in my heart
Oh it was nothing you done
There’s something broken in my heart
I guess that’s just the [...]
Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that psych medication is for everyone BUT the person with the “problem”. There’s exceptions, of course. Ryan’s life improved dramatically when he began treatment. But the problem is, once you head down that path, it’s forever. You get some improvement, you look [...]
Tomorrow is my youngest boy’s 21st birthday, we celebrated today. We ate pizza, had ice cream cake, opened gifts, then watched a movie. We ended up watching The Blues Brothers.
The Blues Brothers is a movie that’s been a favorite of my wife and I for almost 30 years. It became a favorite [...]
I’m rapidly approaching 50, and for the first time in my life, I’m starting to feel old. I’m changing. Some of the change is attitude, some of the change is the medication to help me with the emotional roller coaster, some of the change is actual aging. But I noticed something recently [...]
It was October 8, 1998. We still owned our store, my wife was 9 months pregnant with our youngest, and it was a long day. I don’t remember how it transpired, but it came to my attention that a 14 year-old Ryan was getting ready to leave with a friend, something I told [...]
