People who equate truth with fact are missing the point.
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By Adrienne, on April 29th, 2012
 I am tired. Tired in the extreme. Tired enough to be a little concerned about driving.
Not half as tired as Carter, though.
Spring is flat lousy for some people with bipolar. No one really knows why; longer days, more sun, or some other reason (and don’t most of us feel a lift of . . . → Read More: In the Forests of the Night
By Adrienne, on February 9th, 2012
My friend Olive and her little girl came to visit us. (Her name is not really Olive, but her anonymous-for-the-web name for her daughter is Pickles, so I’m going with a whole relish-tray theme.)
This was kind of a big deal for me because I’ve always sworn I would never meet any of my . . . → Read More: Pediatric Mental Illness on Parade
By Adrienne, on June 20th, 2011
My eldest son, Jacob, played his first solo show last Friday.
My husband and I took the rest of the kids to hear him and we had a nice time, or as nice a time as any 40-something adults can have in a large crowd of teenagers. There is deep joy in watching our . . . → Read More: Proud/Sad
By Adrienne, on March 15th, 2011
On our way home from his therapy appointment today, Carter and I stopped at a red light at the bottom of a freeway off-ramp. Since freeway on-and-off-ramps are popular spots for panhandling, neither of us was surprised to see a young man there. His jacket and pants were grime encrusted; his face and hands . . . → Read More: Sad About That
By Adrienne, on February 18th, 2011
If you live in an age of social media, and if the most powerful woman in television does a show about something you are experiencing in your own life, you will get a nice, long look at exactly what the world thinks of you.
Which is…….shall we say…….enlightening.
Oprah featured Zach, a young boy . . . → Read More: Oprah Takes On Pediatric Mental Illness

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