The Bipolar Family Tree

The warm North Dakota mud felt wonderful oozing between my toddler size feet.  For the lack of better things to do on the first warm, sunny spring day my sister Linda and I played in our dirt driveway.  I liked to pretend I was racing a boat using leaves found from beneath the melted snow […]

The Mental Illness Label

What is it about mental health that makes it such a mystery?  Maybe because you can’t take a simple blood test,  an ex-ray or a more elaborate type of test to find it.  A person with Bipolar Disorder for example in many cases will make a million mistakes that could possibly lead to disasterous consequences before the diagnosis is even […]