It’s DAY TWO of Guest-blog-a-palooza for PPD and PPA. Only..umm…I can’t REALLY be my own guest. Today I’m telling my story. I’ve told it in bits and pieces here and there throughout the blog, but I don’t know that I’ve ever just sat down and told it. I guess I should start at the very…
Mental Health
Blogging for PPD/PPA Awareness, Day One!
And it’s Day One of the D-Listed Blog Hop, too! I’ve got tons of reading to do today! And tons of work. And tons of time? No. But I’ll get it done! (Seriously. If you’re not D-Listed, go sign up!) But first, I want to give a huge welcome to Lauren, our first guest blogger!…
Guest-blog-a-palooza
Starts on Monday. And hopefully by then I’ll have come up with something better to call it. But probably not. We know how my Fabulous Fridays went down the tubes. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and part of mental health is post-partum depression and anxiety. As someone who has suffered from depression and post-partum…
Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?
As more and more people have discussed my student’s suicide, and as more and more of my students have opened up to me today, it’s come to light that this student was having some issues with depression. He was under the care of a doctor and was taking anti-depressants. According to one student (and yes,…
What kind of mother AM I??
I’m having kind of a busy week at work. The last few weeks of school are always busy. For me, it means state testing, finals, finishing up my grading, making calls to parents of students who aren’t going to pass and must go to summer school, and Color Guard tryouts. Yes. I’m a band geek. …