Photo by Quintin Gellar from Pexels Down in the dumps, the blues, melancholy... these are different ways that have been used to describe a person's less than happy mood. Sometimes it is just caused by a bad day but there are others where it is more than that - depression. Growing up it was not acceptable to talk about one's mental health and there were many who suffered in silence because they did not want the taboo label of "crazy" or "mentally unstable" to be applied to them. Let's be honest, there are times where every one of us can say we are not mentally stable. When the kids are fighting and you…

** First, I owe my readers an apology. I realize it has been two weeks since I wrote my last blog from Israel. After returning to the states, getting back into the normal life routines has taken some time and I am finally back to the reality of life. You can look forward to the weekly post each weekend starting this week and thank you for understanding.** Everyone has at least one thing that that are passionate about and just sets their soul on fire. Many times we don't always chase that passion because of any number of reasons that we can logically reason with ourselves is why we need…

Photo by Quintin Gellar from Pexels Down in the dumps, the blues, melancholy... these are different ways that have been used to describe a person's less than happy mood. Sometimes it is just caused by a bad day but there are others where it is more than that - depression. Growing up it was not acceptable to talk about one's mental health and there were many who suffered in silence because they did not want the taboo label of "crazy" or "mentally unstable" to be applied to them. Let's be honest, there are times where every one of us can say we are not mentally stable. When the kids are fighting and you…

** First, I owe my readers an apology. I realize it has been two weeks since I wrote my last blog from Israel. After returning to the states, getting back into the normal life routines has taken some time and I am finally back to the reality of life. You can look forward to the weekly post each weekend starting this week and thank you for understanding.** Everyone has at least one thing that that are passionate about and just sets their soul on fire. Many times we don't always chase that passion because of any number of reasons that we can logically reason with ourselves is why we need…