Loving Someone with Depression: End Thoughts
In this journey of loving someone with depression, if there's one thing I'd leave you with, it is this: never stop looking for beauty.
Posts by Laura J. Boggess
Laura J. Boggess
Laura loves sharing stories about faith, family, and chasing after God. With a master's degree in clinical psychology, Laura works in a medical rehabilitation hospital in West Virginia where she resides with her husband, Jeff, with whom she is learning the way of the empty nest. Laura is the author of Playdates with God: Having a Childlike Faith in a Grown-up World and Waiting for Neruda's Memoirs: The Poetry Club Series, Mildred's Garden: The Poetry Club Series. She loves sharing beauty and God moments on Instagram.
To Love Well is to Remain Awake to Beauty
She forgets that to love well is to remain awake to beauty, though most of the time, she does try to be ready. She is vigilant.
Making Space for Love to Grow Afresh
Depression stunts curiosity and robs us of the continued growth that stokes the embers back into flame. Stepping away from the ordinary moments of my life allowed me to miss them, to miss my husband. When I returned home, I saw him with new eyes –and I was able to love him better.
Praying Together when your Loved One has Depression
They began to pray together again — because she asked him to. The darkness didn’t feel quite so lonely anymore When you pray with someone, Jesus comes and stands in the gap between you and joins his heart with both of yours.
