PARENTING A CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS After eighteen years of loving her, of nurturing her since I picked her up in my arms as a nearly six-year-old in that dingy, Russian orphanage outside of St. Petersburg, I couldn’t believe yet...
I’m nearly 60. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety all my life. I see how the church needs to be loving the depressed.
Stigma is the main reason only a third of people with serious depression and/or anxiety ever seek treatment, which sadly can lead to suicide.
Living with chronic illness and disability isn’t easy. But we have joy that I believe has grown because we haven’t been given the lives we expected or hoped. We’ve fought hard for joy. We’ve learned to be grateful for the small things…
