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When you have a chemical imbalance in your brain, through no fault of your own, it’s difficult to understand. Why am I so depressed? Nothing’s really wrong, anyway - I’m no more stressed than normal, so why am I gaining all this weight and not wanting to leave my room or be around people or go outside? Why am I sleeping all the time? Photo Credit Pascal Bernardon It’s like when you’re a kid on the playground, waiting for your friend to get on the other side of the see-saw, an

I don’t know if it’s my age, the state of the world, watching my baby boy evolve towards middle school, the joys of perimenopause, or WHAT, but I keep falling over under these massive, relentless waves of nostalgia and drowning in tears. I choke a bit, then come back to reality, but the waves keep getting closer together and I’m not sure I can keep fighting the undertow. Photo Credit Jeremy Bishop And boy, howdy, does the internet algorithm have my number. Oh, we noticed you

Here’s a SNEAK PEEK! This isn’t the final cover quite yet, but Rachel’ s getting close and I couldn’t be happier. She’s toiled over these illustrations for more than year in her spare time (which is NOT much, with all the hats she wears!) and I’m so grateful for both her incredible talent and her enduring friendship. Let me tell you the story behind the story of Christi the Capybara so you can see why it’s so near and dear to my heart. If you’ve never watched someone you lov

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