I am a mother of 3 amazing children. I love the outdoors and hiking. I work as a mammographer and like to think of myself as a crusader against breast cancer.

I am a new blogger. . . I like to think of myself as a writer. I am a writer, but no one knows this. In the precious place between slumber and wakefulness my soul spews forth words that my brain frantically tries to arrange and compile, desperate to make the words a team of coherency. The golden hour for this miraculous occurrence is usually 3 am. Once my brain succeeds I always drift back into unconsciousness. I have written many wonderful stories and countless poems in this in-between place. Sadly, when I wake the words are lost. Sure, I’ll have bits and pieces left to taunt me, such a tragedy. Somewhere in the universe I hope that they still exist, giving up the details of my life and telling stories of me.

I have created the blog www.motheringsorrow.com in an attempt to record, document, and find success in the treatment of my teenaged daughter's depression. This is a battle we have been fighting since my daughter was 7 years old. We live in an area where mental health care is not the best. We have had many struggles, and are still struggling, to find what works for her. Psychiatry is not a concrete field. It's ever changing and there are no definitive answers. Medications are a trial and error guessing game. A game that is frustrating, and heart breaking. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. I'm not going to stop fighting this fight until I win. Hopefully my journey will help to inspire or guide another mother on the same quest. And, if nothing else, it can serve as a therapeutic outlet for me.