Archives for October, 2006
links for 2006-11-01
Happy Halloween!
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Danielle in San Antonio, Texas
I caught her off guard for this one. She hates it but I like it.
Depression and one skeptics story
Chris Rose of the Times-Picayune, never believed in depression. He thought you could just snap out of the blues. Until he suffered from it himself. Read a very moving account of one persons story to accept depression and most of all get help. Without antidepressants, he wouldn’t be alive.
Before I continue this story, I should make a confession. For all of my adult life, when I gave it thought — which wasn’t very often — I regarded the concepts of depression and anxiety as pretty much a load of hooey.
I never accorded any credibility to the idea that such conditions were medical in nature. Nothing scientific about it. You get sick, get fired, fall in love, get laid, buy a new pair of shoes, join a gym, get religion, seasons change — whatever; you go with the flow, dust yourself off, get back in the game. I thought anti-depressants were for desperate housewives and fragile poets.
I no longer feel that way. Not since I fell down the rabbit hole myself and enough hands reached down to pull me out.
Introducing J Henri Francisco
My friends Martha and Mark had a baby boy Oct. 16th. Mr. J Henri (like Matisse, my favorite artist) Francisco! Congratulations Mark, Martha and big sister Olivia!
J Henri Francisco
born 10/16/06
7 lbs, 15.7 oz, 19 inches
links for 2006-10-26
My photoblog
I started a pixelpost photoblog at the begining of October. I only posted 5 photos though. There isn’t an easy way to post a photo from flickr, directly to pixelpost so I don’t think I am going to keep it up.
You can visit it anyway if you want.
Mason driving the TDI
My baby is already driving.
They grow up so fast :(
Nature……
nice colors..
Its been a while..
since I wrote anything. I was busy this past week helping with a multi-family yard sale Saturday. It was more work than it was worth but I had fun spending time with neighbors. The day started out really cool–we even had hot chocolate–but warmed up by noon.
I went to a YoungLife fundraiser banquet last night to support the North Brazoria area. If you are not familiar with YL, its an organization for young people to help them find a relationship with God. It was a nice presenation and its a good program for kids these days. Danielle has been going since my neighbor Becca and her husband are volunteers. Ryan Long also performed about 4 songs and spoke. He is a musician who has been playing at YL Camps for about 10 years. Funny and inspirational lyrics. The banquet was catered by Outback Steakhouse! Boy were the mashed potatoes yummy. Matt got 2 steaks so his tummy was nice and full!.
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