Snot, Diarrhea, Chicken Bones…

I spy with my little eye My sister can’t eat chicken on a bone. I remember when I was younger that used to gross me out too. I always wanted boneless chicken, and especially wings. All those slimy little wings with the little bones and tendons. Yuck, made my stomach turn. Then, I was put

Crazy Nights Crazy Days

If you don’t go in crazy you’ll come out crazy… First I want to say; a lot actually: AMH I tend to infuse most of my ramblings with humor. I smile and sometimes laugh when it’s most inappropriate. I knew a woman I actually really admired and liked quite a bit who was a female forensic

A Story of Severe Postpartum Depression with Psychotic Features

Tragedies, Trauma, Disasters. What’s the common thread? Unfortunately, these are all the things that in most circumstances have to occur in order for change to happen. Why you ask? I suppose as a “civilized” (and I use that word lightly) society, when things appear to be going along swimmingly, nobody sees a need for change. So, let’s

Life For Death Punishment?

Is an Eye for an Eye Always Necessary?   I remember at the very end of my trial when the judge sentenced me to the commissioner (back into AMHI) and said there was nothing he could do to punish me more than what I had already been through. That was just the beginning of my

Nightmare Alley

What Dreams May Come For a decade I had the same recurring nightmare; that I would walk into the Augusta Mental Health Institute for some kind of meeting, the doors would close behind me, and I couldn’t get out. The dreams always started off with me having to go there for something innocuous. Once inside

Walking the Line

I Walk the Line   I have walked the line between living for one child or dying for another. There’s never a good, right or perfect answer. I just have to live with knowing that I have walked the line and probably always will. My daughter and I on her 9th birthday in 2002 When