It was December 25, 1981. I was a mere 19 years old and I was already in my second psychiatric hospitalization of the year, the first being in the previous February through March. As with the first stay, I was in the Buffalo General Hospital Community Mental Health Center. I had experienced another psychotic episode […]
Advent & Christmas
Love One Another by Rachael Keefe
Even though it is Advent on the near horizon, I feel as if I am caught somewhere between Moses in the wilderness with the people of God and Jesus in the wilderness with his temptations. Last March, I watched as friends and colleagues on the coasts struggled with the number of COVID cases and deaths. […]
Good News for
Reluctant Hearts
written by Rachael Keefe – reposted from her blog, Write Out of Left Field I gave up trying to be happy and joyful just because it’s the holiday season a long time ago. Growing up, I thought I was the only one who didn’t have the perfect Norman Rockwell (or, these days, Hallmark) family. Nearly […]