Tag Archives: Family

Bonding Part One: Two Choices She Made That Made Me

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Gabriel...

Even though I lived with her, I didn’t know who my Mother was until I was eight-years old. That was one of the main rules of the Commune / Collective / Cult I grew up in: the kids are everyone’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Family, Health, Living With Depression, Memories, Mother, Salted Truths | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Sometimes Life Happens, Part One: Death.

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Gabriel...

My grandfather died in August. At the end, it was not unexpected. It gets that way when someone passes the 90-year mark, and he was 92-years old. I held his hand a few days before he stopped breathing. He was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Depression, Health, Little Victor, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Grandfather update plus another death in the family and it’s really hot (Updated 11pm)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Gabriel...

My grandfather’s youngest brother died Friday morning. It wasn’t a surprise. My granduncle had a stroke last week, which led to the heart attack on Friday. But he had been… ‘damaged’ for a couple of years. He lost most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 2 Comments

I waited forty-two years for someone to take this photo

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Gabriel...

I could stare at this photo for days. Maybe longer. Last week my girlfriend and I got tired of being stuck in our little village. So, while her oldest son was with his father on their court-mandated visit, the two … Continue reading →

Posted in crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day, Photography | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

The time my grandfather taught me how to build a dam

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Gabriel...

When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top of one … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 5 Comments

My daughter gets her gravestone

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Gabriel...

I don’t believe there’s an ‘afterlife’. I believe this is it, there is nothing after. I do believe we are made of atoms. We are a collection of pieces that makes us each unique. Other than how they’re grouped together, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged | 4 Comments