Fight Stigma: My Husband is So Much More than His Mental Illness
My husband is a person who has depression, but he is much more than what any label implies. We must fight the stigma of mental illness.
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.
Choose Love: Loving Someone with Depression
Choose love when your heart feels least like doing so. Choose love. Get to know your heart intimately and let love be the antidote to every bit of ugly that beats through it.
From Darkness into Light: Choosing to Trust
She resolves to let beauty be that spark. Whenever the dark threatens, this is where she will go -- from darkness into beauty and light.
Seeds of Depression
When it comes to helping someone I love, I cannot control how another person seeks healing. So, I will be sharing the journey through the eyes of the one who loves and sees and keeps trying, the one who grows tired but still can look out over the soil of a relationship and dream about seeds.
