When you have a variety of physical conditions, there are generally some mental health issues as well. 

It’s so hard to say no to others, When you’re used to saying yes, Ignoring your own needs in life, You’ve never known the difference.

I need to record this, Not in the nice neat package people want, But as the slow, messy, rumbling way, That speaks the truth in love.

My work is for the lonely, Those sitting in the darkness, Realising they are alone, With nobody to help them.

I stood back up alone, Mourning what I thought I had, Not knowing of the difference.

People often argue the difference between nature and nurture as if one or the other is the cause for how somebody becomes what they are.

I cried alone in the darkness, Because no one was there, I carried my grief all alone, Which only the darkness shared.

At the start of January, Johnathan had a virus and then developed post viral syndrome which has taken a big toll on his body. 

Well, ok, technically this is probably not the very first poem I ever wrote in my life.  I am sure when we wrote poetry and prose in English during school I must have had to create some poems as well as different stories, but truthfully if you asked me what they were, I don’t have a clue.

This year, as you have probably guessed by now has been quite something for the three of us.  All of us have been unwell at different times both physically and mentally. 

I think this is probably one of the most important lessons in life that we need to learn and one of the hardest I have found to realise, understand and accept.

I never knew how the sun lit the earth. Nor why stars sang in the sky. What made the moon look peaceful. And colours yet more vibrant.

Some weeks or maybe even months back, I was watching The Dumping Ground with Johnathan.  A counsellor/therapist had been brought in for the children to see but it was their choice to do so or not  Nobody was forced to.

First of all I would like to thank those of you who have been looking at my website and excusing my exceedingly erratic posting over this year so far. 

I know it’s been a while since I have written about the family, but I wanted to catch up with things again.  So much and so little has happened…it’s kinda hard to know how to put it all together.

Many people say/think/believe that it is easy to just forget the past.  No matter whether the past is good or bad, that is what has led to the present day. 

I suppose that actually guilt and forgiveness are related to each other.  Guilt can eat away at mental health because it destroys peace of mind. 

I don’t know about you, but as someone who has low confidence I have found guilt one of the trickiest things to deal with in life. 

You can guess from the title what this article is about.  I want to talk to you about mental health today.  Often people assume that it’s either depression or suicide, but there is a LOT more to mental health than just that.

I was watching a cartoon with Johnathan and one of the characters had a birthday and all the friends decided they were going to throw a party.  But this particular individual did NOT want to have a party.