Opinion
We need other people
Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation.I debated on whether or not to write this column for nearly a week after a 12-year-old Hi...
Warning signs of mental illness
“Because I was a child when I had my first psychotic break,” Carol explains, “I didn’t know how to express it and I lashed out...
Deer urine on aisle five
It appears our lives revolve around four things. Eating, shopping, working and sleeping.In recent years I began noticing that when we begin planning a...
‘In defense of Pollyanna’
I think Pollyanna might have gotten a bum rap.More than once in my life I’ve been accused of having a “Pollyanna attitude.” I didn&#...
Lessons from a shopping cart
The next time you shop at Aldi, you might get something unexpected: Positive human interaction with strangers.If you haven’t shopped at the groc...
Warning signs of mental illness
“I just had my 39th birthday which I think is important because I never thought I would make it to 30.”So says Jane*. She is one of the on...
Have mercy on yourself
Recently, I was reminded that just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. This came to mind as I was listening to some young adul...
A staple, a hotel and a mullet
Even though it needed to go long ago, I still felt a slight twinge of regret when I drove into town Thursday and saw that the demolition of the Parker...
My arms are killing me
Bob suggested we all do push-ups.I guess I should mention that I don’t know Bob. Peter, my husband, knew Bob in high school. To be perfectly hon...
Banyas lived ‘The Hillsboro Story’
In 1955, 8-year-old Susan Banyas peered out her third-grade classroom window and viewed the Marching Mothers with their children in tow carrying signs...
