PATIENCE PAYS OFF! The last time I shared my story, I talked about some of my childhood experiences, my illness, where I lived, and the things I like. I still like my peace signs for they represent the peace, love and happiness I seek all my days of my life. And with depression this is [...]
Ironically, I was to end up in a group home in the late winter/early spring of 2012 when previously, I had been a staff person at the age of 23, in a home for the mildly developmentally disabled as a student and reporter in Kalamazoo. It was at this age, while on duty, that I [...]
More photos and interviews about this week’s Walk Rally: Lansing State Journal with great pictures, including our Crawford Representatives: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20120510/NEWS01/305100028 A great story at ABC News: http://www.abc12.com/story/18246092/mental-health-advocates-participate-in-walk Another great story, showing our Roscommon Representatives on the capitol steps, on Channel WLNS – http://www.wlns.com/story/18247269/state-mental-health-agencies-hold-walk-a-mile-in-my-shoes-rally
What a picture perfect day! There was a teeny bit of rain but only for a couple minutes – the rest of the day was just fantastic! Estimates are that attendance exceeded 2,100 people – a record! Mary Beth Evans, our NLCMH Recovery Coordinator, was an excellent MC. Give her a microphone and she is [...]
I was born and raised in Chicago until I moved to Traverse City in 1985, right after high school. On November 27, 1985, I lost my father in a car accident. That’s when the depression started. I noticed the depression getting to me in 1996 when I lived in Antrim County. In June 1997 I [...]
I am 25 years old. I live in Kingsley, Michigan, in an AFC home. When I was born I had two parents that abused me all the time and were always drunk. I was taken away from my parents and put into a foster home in Sault Ste. Marie when I was two years old. [...]
