Mental Health & Hard Seasons
Depression. I have not missed you.
Depression returns after coming off a medication that had been working, the gnawing thoughts that follow, and the methods that help hold the line.
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Four things I keep coming back to
Everything here lands in one of these. Pick whichever one matches the week you are having.
Mental Health & Hard Seasons
Depression, anxiety and seasonal affective disorder, written from inside it rather than from the far side.
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Read Mental Health & Hard SeasonsMotherhood & Family
Marriage, children growing up, grandparents, family history, and the ordinary domestic chaos in between.
15 posts
Read Motherhood & FamilyMotherhood & FamilyFond Memories of Grandpa
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.
Health, Cancer & Recovery
Thyroid cancer, surgery and life afterwards, autoimmune illness, and walking alongside someone through treatment.
7 posts
Read Health, Cancer & RecoveryHealth, Cancer & RecoveryLife following my Thyroidectomy/Thyroid Cancer (2 years post removal)
Two years after a thyroidectomy: what replacing a thyroid with hormone medication actually feels like, and why "the good cancer" is not that simple.
Neurodiverse Parenting
ADHD, ODD, PANS/PANDAS, anxiety and learning differences — diagnosis, school, therapy, and building a home that fits the child you actually have.
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Read Neurodiverse ParentingNeurodiverse ParentingHave you heard of PANS/PANDAS?
A daughter's PANS diagnosis explained: what the condition is, how it surfaced after strep, and what treatment and acceptance have looked like since.
Life Abroad & Spain
Deciding to leave, the move to Valencia, and what expat life has actually been like — the good days and the ones that fell apart.
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Read Life Abroad & SpainLife Abroad & SpainWe Moved to Spain and Everything Fell Apart (Part 1)
The part of the move nobody photographs: grief, a bereavement, apartment chaos and gaslighting, and a long battle with depression and anxiety.