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Hope: Guest Post by @jcahannigan
I remember watching Hope Floats over and over again when I was sixteen. I’d just had a surgery on my hip, knee, and ankle. My parents had moved my bed to the family room so I wouldn’t have to do the stairs; I couldn’t walk and it was summer time. In hindsight, I was likely… Continue reading
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Update + My Thoughts
I finally have an appointment with a psychiatrist! Even better is that it’s the one I really wanted to see. Granted the appointment isn’t for a couple weeks, I still got in. And that’s the point. I now have time to pull together all the medications I’ve been on, thev dosages, the side effects, etc.… Continue reading
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Protected: Fear
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Letter to Myself
Deaf You – I know things seem really difficult right now, but they won’t always be. You’re stronger than you think you are. You made it through losing someone July, and you can make it through this too. Finding the right medication takes time. Time I know you don’t want to spend on it, but you… Continue reading
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Medications & Bipolar
Trying to maintain a good attitude about everything when I’m struggling to find the right medication for my bipolar disorder is difficult. It’s not easy day to day, when I feel like everything is going wrong, to keep a smile on and tell everyone that I’m doing well when all I want to do is… Continue reading
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Stigma Fighters: The Book
So, yesterday I mentioned my idea to make Stigma Fighters into a book. Then last night I talked to Sarah Fader about it and it’s happening. Stigma Fighters is becoming a book! Currently we’re compiling everyone’s essays for editing. The deadline to send things in is January 1st. I started working on all of the… Continue reading
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I Had an Idea
Classes are over. I’m free for a month. What am I gonna do? ⇒ Well, I had an idea for Stigma Fighters. I thought about trying to put together like a book of all the articles people have written and submitted. It would be a really cool thing to do for some of the really big… Continue reading
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Support Systems – Creating and Using Them
I promise I didn’t mean to run away from my blog for almost two weeks. It just kind of happened. That’s what depression does to me. It forces me to leave the things that I used to love – or rather do love. It renders me weak and useless. Just a body moving through the… Continue reading
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Down the Road
When I finally have a family of my own, things are going to be so vastly different from the way they have been and still are now with my parents… I won’t allow my husband to completely ignore the dishes for no reason – I’m not the only one doing dishes. If they’re left overnight… Continue reading
About Me
Hello! Welcome! My name is Katy!
You can find me drinking coffee until it’s time for wine. Currently have 5 tattoos, but plans for more are in the works.
I’m a birthmom over 8 years post placement. I’ve been in a birthmom support group since November 2018, and will be leading my own come May 2023.
On Sunday mornings you can usually find me in the nursery or on the production team at church.
Various times throughout the year, you can find me staying with someone’s dog(s) while they’re away on a trip – so don’t be surprised if there are stories or pictures every so often.
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