In the Spirit of Honesty..
Emotional honesty. This is the new challenge I’ve been working on. In out patient treatment, it seemed like whatever the subject was that we were covering, in every class. From self-esteem, to resentment, to boundaries, to cognitive behavioral therapy… every class always seemed to bring me to the same place, being emotionally honest… with myself AND others. One of the wonderful teachers there, it seemed like whenever I had a question for what to do in a given situation. She would look me right in the eyes and say, "Well, Shawna, that is...
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Yesterday was the very last day I spent in the hospital. I mean, as I posted last, I came home from inpatient treatment exactly 2 weeks ago, but since then I’ve been driving (or rather for the most part, getting driven) to the hospital for their psychiatric day treatment program. Yesterday they officially wrote up my discharge paper work, gave me a little diploma rolled up in a ribbon and sent me away to get back to "normal" life… which I have to admit, is a bit nerve wracking. I have been a stay at home mom now for nine years, it was like a given for...
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I have been really quiet here on the blog since the surgery, but I know people have been wondering how I’ve been. Incase you don’t follow me on Facebook or didn’t hear it through the grapevine, I did get the final results on my thyroid from the lab that it was indeed a benign tumor (benign = no cancer). Instead of weeks of celebrating great news as you might think, I spent the next few weeks sinking deeper and deeper into the worst bout of depression I have seen yet, hopefully the worst I’ve seen ever (or as g said it can’t possible get worst because...
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