Last week was Mental Illness Awareness week, and Friday, October 10, 2014 was World Mental Health Day. I often write about my experience as a mother of a child living with multiple mental illness diagnoses. But last week, I took to social media to talk about it even more, to raise more awareness, all with the hopes […]
Loving Through Silence and Disconnect
Did you know that this blog, Life’s a Disco Ball, is my third blog? I started blogging in 2007, albeit not with any consistency. I’ve been writing much of my life, really. Although in the beginning, somewhere around middle/high school, it was poems about broken hearts and boys. I guess I’ve always had a propensity […]
The Next Day
School. We’ve been at it for what…eight days now? Yes…Eight. Whole. Days. And I found out yesterday that N’s been to ‘room 101’ (detention) seven times already. Most of which were this week. Last week was good. It was soooo good. Like, I was wondering who kidnapped my son and exchanged him with a look […]
Just in Case…
It didn’t seem necessary to keep my phone within view, just in case. It was only the first week of school and thus far, it had gone well. Last Friday I was at a women’s writers luncheon. My phone was on silent and in my purse…because, well because it was the first week of school and usually […]
Watching Happiness
It was a beautiful evening. Sun shining, warmth on your shoulders, the first temps in the high 70’s we’ve seen this Spring. You could sense the delight and happiness of others as you saw people driving with their windows down, families out for walks, children playing in backyards. We sat in the car, in the parking […]
It’s Hard…
It’s hard to know where to start sometimes, when I write. There’s so much to say, but so little energy to say it these days. All of it seems so overwhelming. Stringing words together in meaningful sentences to share my story in such a way you might feel you are walking along side me on […]
The Island of Nunya
The Island of Nunya. What? Read on…it will all make sense. Today is a big day. Today is a test. Because today is my son’s first day back in his school after five weeks. Baby steps today. He’s only there for half the day. But he’s there. And it scares me. Being in treatment […]
How I’m Really Doing (Cookie Monster Strikes Again)
WARNING: this post contains profanity and over eating of cookies. But this is a no shame zone – so if you’re going to feel the need to shame me for swearing or over eating, then kindly and politely move on. Many have asked how we’re doing. How I’m doing…through this tough time with Noah…well here’s […]
I’m Fine…No Really…Okay, No…I’m Not Fine…But I’ll Be Okay
I’m fine. No…really, I am. How many times do we say this to people, when really, we AREN’T fine? Many. Like oodles and oodles. TOO MANY times we say this. I’m totally guilty of this. For two reasons really. First, because if I say I’m fine, I might believe I’m fine, and then I won’t make […]
Finding Peace, Finding Beauty
Peace. We’re all in need of it. In constant search for it. Seeking for the harmony within ourselves which allows us the freedom to be, the freedom to exist…as is. To be who we are, without fear, without torment, without shame. To be at peace, make peace, keep the peace. To have the cessation of […]