Separate Things A Memoir

"This isn't a story about survival because a lot of my pieces have already been lost. Some rebirth has occurred, so I cannot say I've survived when I'm not the same person who started this journey. Instead this is a story about the burning of the old me as a new, evolved me has risen from the embers of my past. I'm sharing with you my personal journals from psychiatric stays, sunlit moments with my daughter, intimate moments from relationships, and every bit of grit in between. I separate US- the ones who understand mental illness- from THEM, or the outsiders who have yet to be touched by our light." -- from prologue.