Depression

I am a Neighborhood Partner For Safe Families.
where I volunteer 30 or more hours to the community.
I am a trained National Alliance For The Mentally Ill member. I teach 3 of their programs.
1.>Provider's Education Program
2.>Peer to Peer
3.>NAMI Connection support group
The first two are 10 week courses, in which I am a 5/3 team member that teaches it.
The last one is a weekly 90 minute support group in which I facilitate.
I am a board member of Linn County MHDD services of Cedar Rapids, Ia.
I am an advisory board member of the Conner's Center For Independent Living of Cedar Rapids, Ia.

I am learning what it is like to be alone. (without family)I have been working on reinventing myself in a carreer of helping others.
It greatly takes my mind off my own problems.
There really are opportunities out there if you look hard enough. I started with my local mental health center & went from there. NAMI provides training for different programs in which as a consumer with a mental diagnosis, can get paid.
contact me for more information.

herbal teas, making my own crafts to sell, traveling, cooking, helping other people, & spending time with my big cat.

Thoses who refuse to help themselves.

Old country (Patsy Cline), Celine Dion, Cher
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Paul Simon,

The devine sisterhood of the YaYa's
Jumping jack flash,
Godzilla movies(except the one with matthew Broderick)That one didn't even look like godzilla,
or the new Cloverfield movie

making crafts to sell, volunteering in the community, word puzzles, playing the autoharp,
reading, long walks

	We Love Cooking