Blog · A Word From Momma Bird

The part of the move nobody photographs: grief, a bereavement, apartment chaos and gaslighting, and a long battle with depression and anxiety.

7 May 202610 min read

Two months into life in Valencia: the restaurants, the bureaucracy, the metro misadventures, the smells, and two rental cars that did not go to plan.

17 October 202510 min read

The family made it to Spain. An honest account of the emotional, financial and physical toll of getting there, and what arrival actually felt like.

9 September 20257 min read

Why the Bird family decided to move to Valencia, how people reacted, and the beginning of documenting a move away from everything they knew.

30 July 20254 min read

Depression returns after coming off a medication that had been working, the gnawing thoughts that follow, and the methods that help hold the line.

17 May 20246 min read

A daughter's PANS diagnosis explained: what the condition is, how it surfaced after strep, and what treatment and acceptance have looked like since.

31 January 202411 min read

Why a photograph of Grandpa kept in the closet works as a daily mental-health boost, and how to recreate the memories that steady you on hard days.

7 October 20205 min read

Mental health during a year that upended everything: daily affirmations, gratitude writing, yoga, time in nature, and finding a good counsellor.

21 July 20209 min read

Two years after a thyroidectomy: what replacing a thyroid with hormone medication actually feels like, and why "the good cancer" is not that simple.

8 March 20206 min read