Cross stitch. I have not told my mom about my mental illness and that is really hard. However, she is not really into that because

This is like your home away from home.  It is a comfortable safe place to be.  Especially once you get over the group therapy idea,

Big pile of dog poop. This picture is a representation of my life right now.  Feel like I have no way of getting out of

This is after I went up the hill and looked at another trail. Once you get up that first hill, then you get there, and

This is an apple with a knife stuck into it. Mostly this represents my kids, if they say nasty things, it feels like they have

I wanted it to represent how I don’t always feel in control in the driver’s seat.  Sometimes I feel like they are in charge.  I

Person I work with at night. She has dealt with a lot of the issues like I have. She was just somebody that takes medicines

To most it’s just a bottle of water and a box, but to me I’m shaking, it’s a trigger. It’s where I kept my using

Before the dam it is as smooth as glass and then all of a sudden it turns into the white water rapids. It tends to

I wanted to capture the contrast of a cloudy sky and clear sky because some days, whether because of meds or because it’s a downer