The Long Journey – Mental Health Month
She told her sister that she’d danced that day for her high school counselor. Not hardly the truth, I reasoned. Calling the school the following day, my daughter’s counselor said not only had she…
OUR UNCHECKED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
“Suicide is a viable option. But what if I don’t complete the task and I’m maimed for life — then what? “Damn!” Total depression to be followed, having experienced this missed opportunity to end life’s woes and now facing the…
Mother’s Daze
There is a powerful burden on the shoulders of America’s black mothers. Throughout our existence, in this land called home, it has been our responsibility to interpret life for our young. That’s not different from the responsibility for mothers…