The Redesigned Mom

Last year, I really enjoyed sharing my random thoughts as I watched the state of the union speech so I decided to do it again.

I love the state of the union speech. It is such a time capsule, capturing the political landscape and always full of interesting moments. I am always curious what the President has to say, whether I agree with some or all or none of it is really irrelevant. Well, other than the amount of wine I need to consume to keep my blood pressure stabilized.

Taking responsibility for my life means many things to me. Much of the big stuff like the wall I put up between myself and others and how angry I was and generally nasty sometimes are gone – vanished like some sort of magic. What’s left are those things that can make a huge difference in my day to day life. these include being organized and responsible for remembering what forms need to be filled out, that there is a fieldtrip tomorrow and I need to send sancks to school on Wednesday. It also means taking responsibility for my health and my body and finally doing what it takes to be a healthy, confident, beautiful woman.

The recovery from postpartum depression is an interesting thing.  There it is, it’s out there.  I am suffering from depression.  My depression originated as a standard bout of mild to moderate postpartum depression.   Often when we think of women suffering from post partum depression we think of Andrea Yates drowning her poor children in [...]