by Abigail Alleman | Jan 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
I sit by the edge of the lake. It’s a Sunday afternoon walk where I think and pray. Where I breathe in grace and breathe out the broken.These days are not easy. I wake up each day with a label and it wants final say of who I am. I take medicine which tastes...
by Abigail Alleman | Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
You need to know you are not alone.Next to you in the store, the neighborhood, the church, the ball field is someone who is also struggling. Struggling at Christmas. Struggling with life.So that is why I am writing this. Life is too short and too precious to waste on...
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
A caveat: The posts I have been writing are about the past of my struggles with bipolar disorder. While there is courage and sacrifice in sharing these pieces, I find it much harder to share ‘today’. But it’s what I am about to do. I am showing...
by Abigail Alleman | Oct 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” ~ Brene BrownIt was too soon. And yet here I was. At church. Fragile and scared. But I was here.Less than three weeks earlier I was in a hospital across the ocean. Since then, family...
by Abigail Alleman | Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Knees are tented in front, bent to hold my school book. College-ruled notebook paper sits atop the thick stack of European History.I try to do my homework, but with each breath I falter. Why? Because these are the breaths I can see. With each draw of air there is...
