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You don’t have to be Catholic to appreciate last night’s episode of “Saving Grace,” but it was especially entertaining if you are and have ever been Godparent to a young niece or nephew or a friend’s child. Grace (Holly Hunter) is Godmother to her nephew, which is an especially important job since his mom died…

Today is the first anniversary of Beyond Blue!! I talk about this more in tomorrow’s video, but I’m so appreciative of all my readers who have formed this amazing support network for depressives and others with mental disorders. Below was my very first blog post, on December 18, 2006: There is a reason violet follows…

Hi Beyond Blue readers, Rest assured that you haven’t lost your minds (well, not more so than usual, that is). Beliefnet installed an update to its blogging software and as a result some comments disappeared in the process. Please continue to let me know your valuable thoughts, and if you continue experiencing difficulty, let me…

Dear God, Advent sure is full of “waiting” and “patience” themes. Just when I think we have moved on from waiting with John the Baptist for the arrival of Jesus, we get to “patience,” one of my strongest qualities. NOT. In the Letter of Saint James, we read (James 5:7-10): Be patient, brothers and sisters,…

You all may know the ever-popular blogger, Dooce. I really loved her post on depression last Thursday, and based on the over 1,000 comments I’m thinking other people could relate, too! Here’s the first paragraph: I was recently at lunch with a few friends, one who had just been diagnosed with OCD that manifests itself…

Last month my neighbor dropped off a library book, which always gives me anxiety, because most library books and Blockbuster videos get lost in my abode, or torn to pieces by the little animals inside. But this one, “The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression,” was worth the risk. The…

Although I couldn’t leave Tracy’s blog after I found it, the following post is my favorite, because I could so relate to the self-righteous (I’m RIGHT!) war that rages in her brain, especially when it comes to work performance. And like Tracy, I had to pay back one of my book advances as well (although…
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