We ARE open! Want to join me in supporting a good cause? I’m raising money for Grow a Strong Family Inc. and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. Thank you for your support. I’ve included information about Grow a Strong Family Inc. below. Grow a Strong Family’s purpose is to address, educate, coordinate, strategize, stabilize, and provide aid and information to support the families of people affected by their own or a f

News & Options Grow a Strong Family understands that this time of social distancing can be especially difficult for families.  Please take this survey and let us know when we can set up online chats: https://growastrongfamily.org/please-take-this-survey/ Replanting Lives Group Tues April 14 10:30-noon via Zoom.  FREE!  Your Digital Links Page URL is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/replanting-lives-uprooted-by-mental-illness-tickets-55575000322 Our 5th Annual Meeting and our 1st

After the holidays have gone, and the new year dawns bright, it is time to consider, “How might we live better?”  The days are cold yet getting brighter longer.  Seeds are germinating in the frozen earth.  This is a good time to experiment with one small change that we have been wanting to make.  The energy is available. Consider reviewing, “Tips for having a family member with schizophrenia or Serious Mental Illness,” originally by Rex Dickens (supplemented and edited by Men

Sooner Than Tomorrow A website by Dede Ranahan Dede is asking for those of who have loved ones with serious mental illnesses to share our very personal stories on her site, Sooner Than Tomorrow (http://www.soonerthantomorrow.com/dede-ranahan-contact/) in order enable advocates to put names on numbers.  As she says, “Serious mental illness is still not receiving the attention it deserves. Let’s put faces on the numbers. Thousand of suicides, incarcerations, homeless men and wo