Simple Solace

There’s a camellia just out our front door. That’s on purpose. One of my most pleasant memories as a child is stepping out the front door and staring at the beautiful red flowers on the camellia bush. There was something soothing and peaceful about the blossoms that calmed my tender, young, damaged soul. By this …

Abused

After the car accident, there is a second reason I have PTSD. This one should strike a nerve mainly for the females who may happen to read this. Graphic terms are used that may trouble some of you. After 2 earned degrees and 18 years in ministry I crashed and broke apart. I went back …

Missed A Dose

I had a terrible time sleeping last night. It wasn’t that I kept waking up. It was that I never really got to sleep. This morning I laid on the couch and couldn’t even nap! That’s a crisis! I have chills and hot flashes, brain zaps, dizziness, a little nausea, and a really hard time …

Hunter, where is it?

Supermarkets are one of the places that those who struggle with PTSD avoid as much as possible. Every now-and-then, though, it can’t be avoided. <deep sigh> Today was one of those days. I had to go and pick up some medication and while I was at it I needed to pick up a few other …

Flight

Hunter is 5 feet long from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail. 80 pounds. Not a small chap. Just after Christmas we took a trip from Portland (OR) to visit family in Alaska. So, we were on an airplane to Anchorage. It’s a 4 hour flight, give or take. Theoretically, …

Semi-Trailer

I’m not sure why or how this happens. I’m sure it has something to do with depression. That’s what my therapist says. I do know that one time it had to do with medication. I was driving home after teaching a class in Salem (OR) and I was along side a big semi-trailer. It occurred …

Strive for Peace

John of the Cross said, “Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.” Easier said than done. I’m going to “spill the beans” in this first post. I find it exceptionally hard these days to “let no event of this world disturb it.” I wake up every morning …