John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, is applying for more privileges to spend more time away from the mental hospital where he current lives. (source: NPR) During his trial in 1982, Hinckley was declared not guilty by reason of insanity. Many people were not pleased and although this verdict was rare back then, many states [...]
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Writing about the darkness helped. Reading your comments here and in secret Facebook messages and on the Twitter helped. Finding this picture of my daughter helped. Taking a picture of my hat-stealing husband as he flexed and said: How can you be depressed when you’ve got a guy like me? helped. Following it up with [...]
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I’m not talking much about what’s going on, but it’s on the edges of everything I do. And when I’m not doing, I’m drowning. Does it even matter what is causing the darkness? I don’t know. I wish that I wrote anonymously so I could tell you and hide from everyone else. But I hide [...]
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Kat left this comment on yesterday’s post: Yes yes yes to all of it: the good intentions, the second child backslide, the obvious reaction when you model the behavior you don’t want them to repeat. But how do you get back to the good intentions when you barely have time or energy to think? I [...]
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I’ve been weepy lately. Like REALLY weepy. Like break out the calendar because there is not other explanation weepy. Except I’d be three weeks early.
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