Category Archives: Clinical Depression

The safety net my family offered me turned out to be full of holes and then the security blanket caught fire

We cannot recover from diseases like diabetes or manic depression without help from the people around us. Without help I was left to the whim of a disease which convinced me day after day, hour after hour, that I was … Continue reading

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My son can walk

My son can walk, and he’s pretty good, so it must must come from his mom, because I’ve got about three different limps. It’s incredible to watch as he confidently throws a leg out, his thigh parallel to the ground … Continue reading

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Happy Zombie Day

So… dumb question, but when did Easter become a really lazy version of Halloween? Saturday night my girlfriend laid out a truckload of chocolate and toys on the kitchen table. Sunday morning her oldest son came back from his scheduled … Continue reading

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Then I remembered the answers lay in bagels

Just a quick post, with some good news… finally: my blood sugar levels are as close to normal as they have been since 2001. Over the past three days I’ve gotten the numbers down from mid-20’s to eight. I’m so … Continue reading

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The Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services hates disabled people

CAUTION: This post was written after receiving some very bad… incredibly incorrect information from an ODSP worker who was either very new, or very, very drunk. It turns out things weren’t nearly as bad as he made it out to … Continue reading

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How Do I Succeed As A Father If My Examples Always Failed Me Spectacularly

‘You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even … Continue reading

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