by Cathy Terranova | May 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Often when we struggle with mental illness we lose all semblance of normality. Not only are we harder to cheer up and motivation is like trying to get the wrinkles out of a sharpe, but we’re physically exhausted and emotionally drained. I can be knocked...
by Cathy Terranova | May 10, 2015 | Chronic Illness And
I’m not a jealous person when it comes to houses or clothes or cars. The things that make me jealous do not include other people’s beauty or status. I don’t get all green over relationships, either. What makes me jealous? What will keep me up at...
by Cathy Terranova | Feb 17, 2015 | Caregiving, Chronic Illness And
There is a lot of talk about marriage. Books outline how to have good ones. Articles sum up everything that is wrong and right about the entire “institution”. Workshops are filled with people trying to find better ways to be married. Counselor...
by Cathy Terranova | Oct 20, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
Yesterday I did second interviews for our seasonals at the bookstore. There is, like with every job I hold, a time when I have to explain certain things to bosses or to, now, employees. Since I’ve spent the better part of the last four years either hiding the...
