INSIGHTS
to recovery Spring 2018
INSIGHTS
to recovery Spring 2018
Recovery Workgroup Mission Statement: We are a recovery workgroup dedicated to spreading our experiences, creativity and message of hope in the community in the pages of our newsletter. Publication information INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
INSIGHTS to recovery is published by the Summit Pointe Recovery Workgroup.
Note from the Editors; Spring
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New Beginnings
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Past Accomplishments
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Future Accomplishments
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Puzzle, Coloring Page
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Diagnosis Discussions
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Personal Observations
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Holidays
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Poetry/Short Stories, Mental Health Dates
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Poetry, stories, artwork and suggestions for future articles can be sent to Earl Hitchcock at Summit Pointe, 140 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017, or emailed to Lyn at maggielyn62@gmail.com, subject line: recovery newsletter.
All articles, stories and photographs are copyright the author with all rights reserved, except as where noted.
Summit Pointe is located in downtown Battle Creek at the corner of W. Michigan Ave. and United Way.
24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 1 (800) 632-5449.
Cover Art: “Spring Blues” © Lyn McRae 2
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From the Editors
SPRING!
Welcome to the spring issue of Insights to Recovery! This is a season of new beginnings, increasing sunlight (hence decreasing Seasonal Affective Disorder!), and Daylight Saving Time to really throw off your internal clock.
Spring I’m looking forward to the birds singing, trees budding and it not to be so cold. Putting up winter clothes and it not being too hot or cold. I love spring, it is clean. The trees bud, the air is warm, the snow is gone and my bones are feeling better. I can get out and walk more. My grandson can go out and play and get out of the house.
The writing staff looks forward to sharing our inputs on new beginnings with you, as well as our personal accomplishments (past and future), discussions on our diagnoses, and personal observations on life in today’s society.
~ by Ella *** I like spring because it’s nice. And because it’s my birthday! It’s fun to go out and see places and people sometimes.
We also encourage you to relax with a fun maze-solving puzzle and enjoy a little coloring therapy with the cute puppy and flowers. Get a little wild and color the puppy a cool hippy tiedye, or stay traditional with browns, greys, or golds. Give him or her big spots to make it a Dalmatian! Whatever makes you feel good! Don’t worry about staying inside the lines, either- no one is going to judge you here!
I like to go out with my friends sometimes to get out of the house. I like to do stuff sometimes. ~by Tanisha *** The springtime is the best to me, everything is coming back to life. Love is more and your pets and kids feel better and stronger.
We look forward to hearing from you on your thoughts about the newsletter, or if you would like to share a story of your own. Please contact us at the email listed in the front cover, and let us know if you’re enjoying the newsletter or if you would like to see changes.
~by Curtis *** I love spring because it’s nice and the Easter Bunny comes, and we get lots of candy. I also love the birds chirping. And the sun is cool. ~by Julie (Continued on page 4)
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~By Scott
How I Feel About Spring Coming
*** When I was in high school, spring to me meant three things: spring break, the end of basketball season, and the annual school tradition of Spring Bomb Threat. It wasn’t really SPRING until we all stood outside waiting for the all-clear announcement! Everyone knew there was no bomb, because back then school violence meant pranking the opposing school before The Big Game, not shooting or bombing or stupidity like that. But of course, the officials had to take the threat seriously; so, the students got to spend a few hours outside in the sunshine just kicking back and relaxing. Many years later, I found out the origin of the tradition, and learned that it had been going on for far longer than my classmates knew. But that’s another story!
The thought of spring coming brings hope. It has been a long, difficult winter for my family and the sense of spring brings relief. Come spring, the hard parts will be over. I look forward to more sunshine, to be able to walk to the bus stop without freezing. I look forward to spring flowers. ~by Melanie *** I really like springtime, to watch the flowers bloom, to see the beauty of nature. As it is still winter now, and all I see is the vase of flowers on my desk with golden leaves and white flowers. There still is lots of beauty there as I think of the love that must be there.
Then in college, spring meant -again- spring break, final exams, and playing D&D outside on the hillside. Many years later, when I married George, spring meant planning and planting his flower garden. The man was a horticultural genius. I on the other hand, can kill a plastic flower. One of my favorite memories is the day he was so excited that his rose bush had finally bloomed. Until on closer inspection, he discovered that I had carefully attached silk roses to his plant. They looked beautiful! He wasn’t mad at me for tricking him, he was just irritated with himself for “falling for it.” But we were both happy for the moment, and that was the point of the whole thing.
How I feel about spring coming up is the warm air coming and the beauty of the flowers and the walks outside. Means I’m ready for spring! ~by Lorrie *** I like spring because it’s like coming out of being very seriously hurt into health. The leaves on the trees are beautiful and it’s fun to see people on bicycles. It is the beginning of change to last until fall, that is what I long for. It’s a good time of the year for the animals like the squirrels, birds, and groundhogs.
Nowadays, spring doesn’t mean much to me anymore. I don’t participate actively in my religion anymore, so holidays aren’t as important as they used to be. It only means that winter is finally ending, and summer is on the way. It means that I need to get off my tired rumpus and do a ‘deep cleaning’ of the place I’m living. It means crying because I don’t (Continued on page 5)
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I cried in my mom’s bathroom for a long time, and I never told my mom either. But like moms, they know everything.
have anyone to give the black jellybeans to anymore since my husband died, and flowers only make me sad because they remind me of him. It means packing away the sweaters and hats and mittens (eventually) and unpacking the t-shirts and tank tops and shorts. It means I’ve survived another three months.
My new beginning would have to be seeing my kids. And try not to go back to my husband, he doesn’t treat me well. I wouldn’t be well with him.
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I love my kids. I lost them once and they are my new beginning in my life if I ever see them again.
NEW BEGINNINGS! To new beginnings, usually you make a toast on the New Year’s Eve, to bring in the new year. New year’s resolutions, too. But the springtime usually means that the birds are coming back and with the birds bring eggs. Eggs mean Easter, like Jesus. New life is given around springtime and around Eastertime.
~by Jenny *** New beginnings are both exciting and scary. Letting go of what is safe and familiar can be scary. What’s exciting is that the new can be better. It’s a chance to take what’s not working and improve it.
~by Julia
~by Melanie
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New beginnings are hard because we never now what to expect. It’s beautiful when spring comes; flowers bloom, walks to take, people to meet, places to go. Hopefully time will be well spent in my new beginning.
I like my new home even though I don’t have a lot at the moment. I got a new pet, a fish. It is so cute. His name is Samboo. I got him from PetCo. He is so little, he’s a baby. I love him.
~by Lorrie
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I should be moving out of Marshall soon and back to Battle Creek. I’m so happy because in Battle Creek I’ll be able to see my family and friends. I’ll be moving in with my friend and we
~by Tina
New Beginnings: My husband took our kids and left me. It hurt a lot. My kids are my greatest accomplishments and I miss them so
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Spring 2018 PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
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I’m very happy about going back to school, but I’m scared about it, too. I have not been in school in over thirty years, but people say it’s never too late. I feel good about myself again. I’m drug -free, I’m losing weight, my body feels better. I just want to do better for myself and maybe my kids will go back and do better for themselves.
will be roommates. I’m so excited to live with my best friend! It will be a great new beginning for me. ~by Tanisha *** I am thinking that I got a chance to learn again. To read, write, math, science, social studies, and history. The time works for me and the people are nice and kind. So I am hoping to get my GED this time and will work toward it and learn.
~by Ella *** I suck at accomplishments lately. I have been forced to take life day-by-day. In my eyes, to really accomplish things, you have to have longer term goals. That is hard to do when you are living day-to-day.
~by Curtis *** My new life is not to give my money out like I’m an ATM to my kids and family members and friends. Put myself first and take care of me, because if I don’t I can’t take care of anybody. And I’m going back to school!
~by Melanie *** My accomplishment was to get a backbone and say no to someone who wanted me to listen to his stupidity. He was drunk.
~by Ella *** My new beginning really isn’t new, other than that I haven’t been on this newsletter for over a year. It is new in that I’m following the format set up by my predecessor rather than the one I originated at the beginning of the group. It’s new in that it’s a different name than the one we started with. It’s new in that there are different people in the group that I don’t know and have to get familiar with their styles and capabilities. But the routine and responsibilities are the same, so I know I can handle this beginning. ~by Lyn
~by Deyon *** One big accomplishment I’ve always been proud of is being on time for my appointments. Another is being a good listener. I am a good advice giver. What can some people do without people to give them advice!? Another accomplishment would be pro(Continued on page 7)
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Spring 2018 (with a lot of help from relatives that had already done the hard work) ~Pulling A’s in all my college literature classes, despite not having taken the basic Intro to Lit class ~Overcoming my terror of heights to ride the Ferris Wheel with my kids
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gress I’ve made at the appointments that I’ve got. My schizophrenia makes it so that I need these appointments. ~by Julia ***
~by Lyn
My big accomplishment was when I started getting my poetry printed in books.
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~by Lorrie
FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
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My future accomplishments are to start working on my GED. And trying to get a job through Summit Pointe. I might be able to move out of the AC home. I am going to Albion Library to start my GED.
I’ve accomplished dealing with some of my mental illness problems. And I’m proud. I’ve accomplished staying out of mental and regular hospitals.
~by Julie
Things that I’ve allowed to have trigger me, I’ve made so that they no longer do that to me.
*** I got my 2015 and 2016 tax papers so I can go back up to KCC and fill out the paper for my Pell Grant. I have a new case worker and I meet with her tomorrow for the first time.
~by Scott *** Some of my favorite accomplishments (in no particular order) are:
~by Ella
~Successfully editing the FACES newsletter for over a year ~Being helpful in an emergency ~Traveling by rig to Colorado Springs (and getting back!) ~The first time I got to drive all the way on a family vacation to Mississippi, and despite my dad’s “directions” we didn’t get lost ~Tracing my family tree back to 1773
*** Something I want to accomplish would have to be to get back my ability to write. I used to be able to write nonstop. I used to be able to express myself without trouble. Nowadays I feel lost. Since I lost everything worth meaning, I just can’t write. ~by Jenny 7
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MORE FUTURE
I started and the video series I began.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
I will practice skills being learned in DBT. ~by ShyAnn
I would like to go out on my own. I would like to not do bad at my apartment. I would like to stay in my apartment. I would like to get a cat. I would like to be with happy people.
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I would like to maintain my weight, and stay healthy.
I am a single mom, and as such, it is my responsibility to make sure my household runs. This week is full of appointments, both for the children and myself. I also need to do laundry, and it’s a LOT of laundry. I need to pay bills, starting with rent. I would like to finish the book I’m reading.
~by Anonymous
~by Anonymous
~by Tina ***
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I want to accomplish getting started on my GED. Also having a better attitude with people and a better day. I hate the rain and snow. But I’m going to church and pretty much having a good week.
I want to move out and stay with my friend Fawnna, to be happy with her. I can’t wait to move in with Fawnna. I will be happy with her. I want to get out of Marshall to be with my friend because I love her a lot and miss her a lot. I can’t wait to be with my Fawnna!
~by Julie *** In the next two weeks I’d like to accomplish not having to get caught up thinking negatively. Also not to think that the walls are closing in on me.
~by Tanisha *** I hope to accomplish a lot in the next week. Make a lot of progress in moving out, and maybe not to an Adult Foster Care. One of my best friends came from a foster care system and I saw an ad for an Adult Foster Care. It does not look appealing. Like I really wouldn’t like it either.
Also become stronger with my friendship. ~by Scott *** What I would like to accomplish in the next week: I would like to clean my apartment very well. Also I would like to finish the book
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What would I like to accomplish in the next week?
way across before I panicked and crawled back. ~by Lyn
1– Finding a decent car ***
2– Driving a decent car
What I would like to accomplish in the next few weeks are: paying all my bills, going to the movies and out to dinner, cleaning the stove and my room and closet out. And go to church.
3– Not to let someone push my buttons 4– Trying to not lose my temper over stupid crap. ~by Deyon
~by Ella
(Editor’s note: the first two on her list have been accomplished!) ☺
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My goal for the next week would have to be to not spend all of my monthly check. I tend to spend more than I intend. I love to shop! Who doesn’t??
In the next two weeks, I would like to get the typing and formatting done for both newsletters that I work for. I would like to get my paperwork completed for SP. I would like to finish the book I am reading (it’s a library book, from the new shelf -so I only have it for two weeks!).
~by Jenny (Editor’s note: RETAIL THERAPY! YES!!!— um, I mean, watch that budget...)
*** Artwork by Fawnna
In the next six months, I would like to find a way to finance a new apartment, with separate bedrooms for my son and I, in a safe neighborhood. I would like to start a big crocheting project called the Cathedral Rose Window afghan. I would like to get all the wrinkles ironed out of the publication problems. In the next twenty years, I would like to go back to Tishomingo, Mississippi and cross the swinging bridge at the state park without crying or passing out. The last time I tried I only got one fourth of the 11
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Diagnosis discussions! Personality Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
General criteria: longstanding and not limited to episodes of mental illness.
I have PTSD badly. I get stressed out easily over the little things in my life. Like over money, and my heart starts racing. And my nerves are bad and I start shaking. That’s how I know when it starts.
This is my own story about my personality disorder. They mess with my mind so much. I learned how to cope with it. Here’s my story. I had to get on Disability for it. I hear voices and have really bad dreams. I wake up sometimes sweating and crying because they come and go. It’s scary for me, and the voices are not very good to me. I’m always scared of these dreams.
Studies suggest that anywhere between two percent and nine percent of the population has had some degree of PTSD. ~by Julie ***
~by Julie
June is National PTSD Awareness Month.
*** Schizophrenia... Is a mind disease that is identified as being unable to take care of basic needs, harmful to self, or harmful to others.
In 2010 Congress named June 27 as PTSD Awareness Day. Then in 2014, the Senate designated the whole month of June.
There are lots of different ways of making this disease happen to fit the criteria written up above.
PTSD can be a very debilitating disorder. I know this all too well as a person who is affected by the disorder.
One is racing thoughts. Another is smelling strange smells.
Mental health experts are not sure who will develop PTSD after a traumatic event, or why others don’t.
But the main thing that makes the disease a problem is that it makes you unable to rest and relax. Because without that you probably self-medicate by drinking or using drugs. Unless you go to a psychiatrist and get the right treatment.
There are four symptoms and types; 1.Reliving the event by having nightmares or flashbacks. 2. Avoiding situations that remind you of the event. 3. Negative changes in beliefs and feelings.
~by Scott ***
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4. Feeling keyed up or hyperactive.
What I’d like changed in my life
A) You may have trouble sleeping.
I’d like $30 more a month, so I could buy a pop if I wanted, or eat out if I wanted, or something special.
B) Trouble concentrating. C) Startled by a loud noise or surprise.
I’d like to be in an arrangement where I could smoke inside once in a while in the cold weather.
D)You may want to have your back to the wall in public settings. If these stress reactions don’t improve over time and interfere in everyday life, it is important to seek help.
~by Scott *** My old “friend”
PTSD Awareness Month is to encourage everyone to raise public awareness and encourage people to seek effective treatment.
My old “friend” beat me up. I had cancer but I beat it in 2016. My right side is still numb; I can’t feel it.
~by ShyAnn
April 2016 they took me up north to a nursing home to take care of me.
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I came down here to Battle Creek on September 1, 2015. I have lived at Monroe Street for two years.
Psychophrenia The beginning stages of this disease are mood swings, loss of rest, loss of sleep, nerve problems in the ears and eyes, hearing things, and smelling things.
~by JB ***
When the above becomes too much to handle, a person can’t relax and becomes unable to take care of themselves , which can lead to suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
A Dream Day I imagine inheriting one million dollars and what I’d do in one day. To start off, I’d buy a new truck with four-wheel drive and full coverage insurance for a year. And a gasoline credit card for five thousand dollars.
~by Scott ***
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Later in life, I married a man whose favorite thing to do was to get drunk and physically abuse me. I found out after two years of marriage, he had sexually abused my daughters. That really was the worst form of mental abuse that I had ever gone through. I had never thought anything like that could ever happen to me and I felt so alone. Of course, I moved away from this individual and tried to get on with my life. I even moved 120 miles away. The physical space didn’t get me away from the mental demons that haunted me.
dollars. I’d have the apartment already furnished. I’d go to Red Lobster and get all the shrimp and lobster I could eat. And take three pounds of shrimp home. I’d then go and buy the warmest clothes I could to last until spring. ~by Anonymous *** I like spring for my birthday, because it is fun and I have a good time. But sometimes I think about my mom, because I miss her a lot for my birthday.
In 2004 I moved to Battle Creek, and tried to get my act together, but it seemed like time after time I failed. In 2007 I met my ex and yes we did get high together, but that wasn’t the worst thing that happened. Yep, here I am an adult and the bullying begins, again not just mental abuse but there was physical as well. Until now I have never really wanted to talk about it, but after writing a paper about bullying for a class that I’m taking in college, I’m finally able to deal with emotions of bullying and have decided that no one is ever going to mentally or physically
~by Tanisha *** Bullying What is bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power balance. The behavior is repeated or has the potential to be repeated over time. According to the Webster dictionary, bullying is abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger and more powerful. I read an article in Psychology that stated the effects of bullying usually disappear after five years. Personally, I feel that is a bunch of baloney. I was bullied a lot in my school and it has left a lot of mental scars that I have never gotten over. The bullying stopped after I stood
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bully me ever again. I hope and pray that my story will help someone.
~by Melanie
~by Deyon
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I hold the key to my past, one I hate
Looking for blessings in stressful times
You hurt me and it was so long ago. I locked away the truth and now that I am reliving it, it has become real.
My topic is looking for blessings in stressful times. Sometimes it is excruciatingly difficult to do that.
I never asked for what you have done to me, and you took so much.
My life this past month has been very difficult. My daughter was diagnosed with MS yesterday, and I can’t even write that without crying. We have made three trips to the Detroit Children’s Hospital this month. Yesterday, on top of the diagnosis, the tire fell off of the car while we were driving.
I hurt now that I am thinking of my real and true feelings. I notice that when I release the truth...one that I can’t take back from the ears that are listening. When I release the truth, one I can not run away from...not any more. ~by Jenny
To look for the blessing in trying times, you have to stop focusing on what is wrong and think of what you are grateful for.
*** I like the forest, it is pretty. I like how I feel in new clothes.
I’m grateful my godmother could drive us on these trips. I’m very grateful we weren’t on the freeway when the tire fell off. I’m grateful there are treatment options for my daughter that will help reverse the damage done to her brain. I’m grateful we have insurance! I’m grateful my daughter is generally a chipper child. She insisted we go to Marvin’s Marvelous Machines while we were in Detroit. We actually got out of the car and walked there, and it was fun!
I like getting my nails done. I like my life. I’m doing good. ~by Tina *** Homeless There are people that are not able to get their place. Some use drugs, they’re not in the right frame of mind. Not being dry or warm brings more problems. (Continued on page 16)
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They get in trouble with their life. No way of getting back on the right track and getting an income. They get on the wrong track and it seems like they’ll never get right again. With no income they can’t find a home, and with no home they can’t find a job or get help from the state. It’s a vicious circle.
I have to learn, somehow, through counseling, God, and a desire to have a stable life, to live side-by-side with those things I find unacceptable. Lots of things have not “gone my way” this week. Lots of things I wish I could change or make different. What’s the serenity prayer?
~by Curtis
Please God.
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Help me accept the thing I can’t change,
Friends at foster care home I wake up in the morning and my two favorite friends are at the breakfast table and we say hello. In the mornings we don’t talk too much, just lounge around.
Change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. I need the serenity prayer right now. As a mantra. And I need wisdom greater than my own, because I don’t trust my own judgement.
In the afternoon we talk about our problems. One of my friends has severe breathing problems and is in and out of the hospital. Another one is on hospice.
This is supposed to be hopeful, and I’m depressing myself. How do I turn this around?
~by Anonymous ***
This, too, shall pass. Everything is temporary. Someone once said, “A hundred years from now— all new people.”
Sometimes you have to accept the unacceptable. My father’s death is unacceptable. My ex-husband dying under the circumstances he is, is unacceptable to me.
~by Melanie
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HOLIDAYS!
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(Editor’s note: we had a couple of holiday writings left over from the winter issue, so we thought we’d do like Mother Nature and ignore the calendar. Then we added an actual Spring holiday, just to keep you on your toes…)
Mother’s Day The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
************* Christmas with Shorty When I get back from the store, my cat Shorty literally jumps and starts going through my bags. I try to make sure that she is not in the room. But she knows when I try to be sneaky. Well, I hide it from her anyway...and I put it in a grocery bag and put it somewhere high in my room. I put the gifts in a bag after I wrap them up with wrapping paper. Then I put them in a bag and tie them up. Christmas comes, and she goes and hides upstairs while I open the gifts. She comes downstairs and plays with her toys. Christmas is a short but lovely day.
Mother’s Day is special because we can give a card and flowers. ~by Julie *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* SHORT STORIES AND POETRY! Outcast Still to this day, your voices tear me down and you don’t care. Still to this day, your voices humiliate me and you don’t care. Still to this day, your voices bring tears to my eyes and you don’t care. I’ve always felt alone. Like I don’t fit in.
~by Anonymous
Your voices treat me like dirt.
*** I went to a Valentine’s party. I had fun and enjoyed myself. It was a good time.
And sometimes I want to die cuz of it. I’m an outcast. At school and home. No one protected me anywhere and I wished I was your friend.
I feel like Valentine’s Day is nice, I like to feel good for Valentine’s Day. Sometimes I feel sad because I miss mom and my brother. ~by Tanisha
And I deny it so. I turn away from abuse. It seems real. And with a bro(Continued on page 18)
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The flowers bloom,
ken heart I don’t try.
And the frost melts.
I left cuz of your voices. No one in my life cared.
I begin my spring cleaning.
I’ve been strong through it all. And I still hurt with tears in my eyes.
Household products, you could smell them throughout.
~by Jenny ***
I open up the windows,
A dog named Bunny
And I smell the air,
A boy named Peter got a small, runt of the litter dog for Easter. He loved that dog very much. What a great Easter present!!!
It’s wonderful.
Through the years they did everything together. And when little Bunny the dog died, Peter cried and cried. He had a beautiful life, Bunny did.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DATES! MARCH 1 -31
~by Jenny *************
Peter’s real name was Charlie Brown.
Mental retardation awareness Self-harm awareness National bipolar awareness day March 30
The end.
APRIL 1-30
Autism awareness Stress awareness
~by Sheryl ***
MAY 1- 31
How I feel about spring coming up
National children's mental health awareness day May 8 National children's mental health week May 4 May 10 National anxiety and depression awareness week May 5- May 9 Schizophrenia awareness week May 18- May 24
Spring comes and the ground gets muddy, It makes me smile. Yet frown. When the sun rises, The frost glistens On the grass.
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