Year: 2023

 “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”.  (Helen Keller) Once I … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 9

 “Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.” (Vittorio Alfieri) Tri-State University Completing my associate’s degree … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 8

“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” (Robert H. Schuller) After the military, I immediately entered the workforce, … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 7

“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” (Robert Green Ingersoll) Great Lakes As … Read MoreMental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 6

 “How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.” (Florence Nightingale) Nuclear school A few weeks after boot … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 5

“Courage is fear that said its prayers.” (Dorothy Bernard) The Navy At eighteen, I joined the United States Navy in … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 4

 “The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” (Mignon McLaughlin) I … Read MoreMy Mental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 3

“Life is to be entered upon with courage”. (Alexis de Tocqueville) During my childhood, I moved back and forth from … Read MoreMental Illness Recovery Story, Chapter 2

“When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair”. (Thomas Aquinas) My life story begins after my soon … Read MoreMental Illness Recovery Story: Chapter 1