Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.
Author: rosiesonnier_x58sei
We will miss you.
Depression is a neurochemical imbalance, crippling to the point of not having control over your thoughts and feelings. What has helped me is the number one recommended treatment for depression; medication and therapy. I’m sure yoga, church, oils, diets, etc have helped others and that’s awesome for those people. However, some of us need medication and therapy. Then there are some who require more invasive measures like electroshock therapy and other experimental methods to treat their depression.
The main point I want to make for those who have never experienced depression, severe depression has absolutely nothing to do with other people. Depression in an internalized self-loathing prison only those who’ve experienced it could explain. There are no words from friends or relatives explaining how much you are loved or needed that will change a person’s mind in the depths of depression. This is why I need medication, this is why talk therapy sessions usually end up with a medical professional helping me through basic daily functions. Not reminding me how great I am, rather how to get out of bed, take a shower, and take my meds.
For those struggling with depression please remember you were prescribed medication and therapy for a reason. This is why I’m the friend who will openly ask “did you take your meds?”
If you suspect a person is struggling with depression, engage them. Talk about medication, doctors, and therapists. Drive them to their appointment, the pharmacy, watch them take their meds. Spend the night & the next morning watch them take their meds again and again……You cannot stop the self-loathing, the thoughts and feelings so don’t worry about what to “say” to a person with depression. It’s what you can do to assist in their treatment that could save their life.
Please don’t be angry at those who’ve lost the battle struggling with depression.
Bourdain lived a full life and always kept it real. I am eternally grateful to have lived on the planet at the same time and experienced his world. I would have spent my life interning for him 
Noonday Demon is the best written experience of depression I’ve ever come across.
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day 2018
All military spouses have Murphy’s Law stories of if it breaks, it’s always when the service member is gone. When I think about my 21 years as a military spouse, this photo represents the real struggle.
Damon was already “advance party” at his new duty station while Mac (2 years old) and I stayed behind to sell the house, TMO and make the 14 hour flight to Japan.
Our front toilet wouldn’t flush properly and the buyer’s housing inspector was coming next week. My BFF came to help me and captured what was a vain toilet snaking which eventually produced a wooden puzzle of a HELICOPTER (AIR WINGER!!!!). A big thank you to my Dad who patched a hole in the ceiling that I created and fell through while cleaning out the attic. THIS WAS ALL IN THE SAME WEEK!!!!
#SALTYSPOUSE #militaryspouseappreciationday
John Anthony Gillis
I am obsessive fangirl. People who know me likely associate me with my childhood obsession, Dweezil Zappa and most recently The Big Lebowski and Jack White.
Jack White didn’t catch my attention until his Raconteurs/Dead Weather years. I’m a fan of the White Stripes but when he started expanding his work to include other bands, Loretta Lynn, Jay-Z, etc., I was blown away by his talent. The film ‘It Might Get Loud’ interviews legendary guitarist Jimmy Page (I’m a HUGE Led Zeppelin fan), The Edge and Jack White. Experiencing the raw talent of these men and to be put into the same category as Jimmy Page is one of the highest compliments. Jack White can and has held his own in the music industry. Rock, blues and even country musicians line up to work with him because they appreciate his diversity and talent.
Last weekend, I saw Jack live at the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. My world’s were colliding, my all time favorite artist in my hometown. I was giddy like a Beatles fangirl, I knew I would cry when I saw him but also worried I would faint at the sight of him. Luckily it was only tears. Standing in the general admission section I was able to impress the guy in front of me of my Jack White knowledge that he let me stand in front of him (bringing me one person from the front barricade) to give this fangirl a better view. My obsessiveness paid off from knowing a few things about Jack that most people would probably care less about. When the show began, I took off my sunglasses because I wanted to get a pure unfiltered view of him. It took three days to get my voice back from all the screaming I did. Screaming like a 7th grader.
Jack’s belief of getting back to the roots of recording and not using Autotune certainly paid off because that was one of the best live performances I’ve ever experienced. Also, you can’t go wrong with an outdoor venue.
This was a bucketlist item for me. When the show was over I told the universe, “ok, I can die now.”
Perks of 40
This is the best time of my life ❤️
“As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.
If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it’s usually something more interesting.
A woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing.
Women over forty are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.
Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.
A woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women. Women over forty couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her.
Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. They always know.
A woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and honest. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.
Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it’s not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of forty-plus, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some twenty-two-year-old waitress.
Ladies, I apologize.
For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” here’s an update for you. Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.”
-Andy Rooney
The Autism Change
Catching the diagnosis curve ball……our beliefs changed.
Begging experts to please help our family & son…..our politics changed.
Stares, Finger Pointing, rude comments….our filters changed.
Unemployed caregiver, one income……our priorities changed.
Routines, schedules, appointments, good & bad days…..our goals changed.
Accepting the journey & maintaining the course….our love maintained.
-Mac’s Mom
my reason for living
my reason for living is named Mac. he makes me a better human. he slowed me down. he taught me to stop worrying about the outside and focus on the inside. everyday he shows me how to value and appreciate life. he is my little jedi.
April 2015 World Autism Awareness Day
she calls me and I answer
I respect her. That is why she should never be taken for granted. She replenishes my soul. That is why I need to be near her.
She calls me and I answer.
