“Whatever you do, dont feel sorry for me. I know its the best you can do. Life hasnt hit you in your perfect little bubble yet. Please dont try to understand. Nobody can. No one knows what its like ...”

“May 4, 2006Blog Entry #1There once was a girl who took everything for granted. She had friends.She had good friendsfriends who saw her geeky exterior but loved her anyway, friends who had known her...”

“I remember when I was five playing tag with Cara and her brother. I accidentally got pushed into the side of her trampoline, and I bit the inside of my mouth. Blood gushed everywhere. Caras mom hel...”

“I remember when I was growing up and there would be sick people in the church. I was always so sensitive to them sitting in the pews alone, and I would not pass by without saying hello. But even at...”

“Does the butterfly lose time in the months it grows from caterpillar to flying beauty? One day, Im going to want to sleep twelve hours at a stretch and I wont be able to. Im not losing time. I am g...”

“There is nothing as delicate, as stunning, and as vulnerable as the heart.”

“We are all children of one God and the only thing that separates us is our ego”

“You smoked another cigarette and we shared another coffee and it was just another morning that made me realise that this is all it takes to be happy.”

“The truth is I do love you. Admitting that means opening myself up to all that pain when you leave. After you realize this wasnt love, but gratitude.”

“Understanding the Way of Story as a sacred pattern and a living event. Story can reveal a spiritual path and or the way to healing. Stories become the foundation of health, peacebuilding and vision...”

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate...”

“One afternoon as I just gazed at the topmost branches of those immensely tall trees I began to notice that the uppermost twigs and leaves were lyrical happy dancers glad that they had been apportio...”

“Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid.”

“Unfortunately, mental health is so misunderstood that some people think you have to be crazy to need to speak to a therapist.”

“The process of reforming the mental health system never includes the complaints that families and caregivers have regarding a need for increased access to resources, treatment, education, and finan...”