Stigma No More

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well, I am doing good. I have decided to start another blog. http://stigmanomore.blogspot.com/. It is called Stigma no more. I have personally been an advocate for people who suffer from mental illness. Most of you that visit this blog know my mothers story. I have my own Panic Disorder and so does my daughter. We are lucky we just take a pill and it goes away and we can live normal lives. My biggest fear growing up was that I would inherit my mothers disease and go through what she did. Luckily that is not the case. I still have a close relative who is not as lucky and me and my daughter. This person is struggling with Bipolar disorder and after their recent breakdown it made me realize that there is still such a stigma attached to mental illness. I will share information about the different mental illnesses and their treatments. I would encourage anyone to feel free to share their story and I will post it if you want me to. I may not make a big difference, but I feel I need to start somewhere to help end this stigma. I also hope to help people who feel they are alone or need support.
Thanks for visiting my blog,
Take Care,
Janet :)

Another Loss

Hi Everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I am not doing so good. My dear daughter had a miscarriage with my second grandchild. I really feel this loss, as I was looking forward to my family growing and my heart breaks sooo much for my daughter and what she went through. I wrote a poem to help me deal with this, Thanks for visiting my blog today,
Take Care,
Janet

On June 26th, I received a some news,
that made my heart grow more then I knew.
My daughter and son in law are happy to
announce, they will be having my second
grandchild in March 2010 they pronounced.

In the week or two that have gone by, many a image
have crossed my mind, Your mother and
father smiling as you entered the world. Your
sweet sister having you in her arms to hold.

Today my baby girl who is so grown and I
am so proud of, called me with words I
could not hear through the fog. She told
me you were no longer to be. I said what
do you mean?? Although I knew, I could
not handle that I was not there with you and her.
She was so brave, she woke and knew
what she had to do, she did not call me to
help, only to tell me after what she went through.

So my dear grandchild I never met, I know
you are an Angel above to help. May you
rest in the arms of your great grandmothers,
who loved you although in life you never met.
Someday we will meet, and I will feel that love
that grew in my heart so sweet.