Yes, there is hope for those who struggle with depression. Life’s circumstances can be difficult, as we deal with the ending of a relationship, the loss of health, the loss of a job, the death of a loved one or the failing of projects in life. It is normal to experience sadness and grief and to have down days or “blue moments” but these are different from depression.

When you hear the word ‘depression,’ what comes to your mind?

• “Just” having a bad day
• Feeling sorry for oneself
• Just need to ‘shape up’ and ‘snap out of it’
• A legitimate problem
• Compassion to help someone who is hurting

What is Depression?

Depression is a psychoneurotic or psychotic (mood) disorder marked by a deep prevailing feeling of sadness, worthlessness, dejection and hopelessness. It is a condition that affects a person’s behavior, feelings, cognitions and physical condition. Read the rest of this entry

Our Good-Byes are not Forever

Someone has said that when we lose a parent, we lose the past. When we lose a spouse, we lose the present and when we lose a child we lose the future. That is exactly how I felt as I sat at our kitchen table in the early morning hours of June 22, 1994 and heard the police officer say that our precious daughter, Cheri, our only child, had been involved in a car accident, just six miles from our house, and was killed instantly.

At that moment my dreams and hopes were shattered and in the days and months that followed I experienced the deep pain of living IN THE EYE OF THE STORM. Read the rest of this entry