Category: mental health

Giving Directions When You’re Lost

My words made my daughter feel better, but they also made me feel better too.

Dad’s the last one left Elfie keeps going for.

Broken machines don’t give prizes. Broken people don’t give love.

This is not a metaphor. It really happened.

It can be anything that breaks our spirit, rocks our worlds, or rattles our foundations.

Everything is going to be OK. Then again, OK doesn’t mean anything.

The diagnosis, while not changing me as a person, helped me to understand myself better. It helped me to treat myself better.

Whatever your situation is, no matter how universal it might feel, know that it’s different for almost everyone.