Fitness Friday

Well, this week hasn’t been so great on the fitness front. We only walked 3 days. And the four days we didn’t walk were all in a row. Not quite sure how this happened, it just sort of did. But tomorrow starts a new fitness week and we will be better [...]

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Growing

I have grown a lot in the past several weeks. Two weeks ago I was overwhelmed with the reality of how bad Cory’s schizophrenia really can be for him. I was overwhelmed with the thought of spending my entire life dealing with this illness. I have definitely learned a lot lately, though. The biggest, most [...]

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End of an Era?

I may very well have lost a friend yesterday. Because I listened to the Lord’s promptings and sent her a very controversial email. I knew it could work out this way and that made it a very difficult email to send. And now we are at an impasse, to say the least. [...]

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Introducing My Boys

Let me tell you today about my great boys. As to how they came about, to make a long story short, in 1985 I started going out with a guy named Andy. We had met in a math class—I was a student, he was an aid. We got married in 1988, had our boys, and [...]

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Recipe Rhumba

STROGIE
1 pound ground beef or ground turkey1 can cream of mushroom soup1 cup sour cream2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce½ soup can waterHot cooked rice
Brown the meat in a skillet. Add the soup, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and water and stir together. Let simmer for a few minutes, until heated through. Serve over rice. [...]

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Fitness Friday (a day late)

I have decided to keep you all updated on my health and fitness goals each Friday, hence the title of this post. This first FF post will catch you up on the past 2 weeks; after that I’ll update it each Friday.
For starters, I have started out at the weight of 204 pounds. [...]

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TGIF!

It has been a hectic week for us, especially me. I’m not used to being on the go so much. On Monday my care worker, Carol, took us to the Social Security office so I could finally change my last name with them. I’m now officially Michelle Finsand-Peacock! On Wednesday I [...]

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Wishful Thinking

I have been grieving over the loss of my ideal life. I’ve wanted to get married and have more children for years. All along, I’ve known what I’ve wanted in a husband. I wanted a strong Christian leader, someone who can help keep me on track, someone who can help me parent, [...]

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Med Management…or Not!

(Monday, 19 March 2007, 4:45am)The past few days have been nutso, but not because of Cory. The other day I noticed I was getting hypomanic so I took my last Seroquel to make sure I slept that night. I don’t know why, but I reacted very badly to it. I woke up [...]

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Getting to Know the Schizo Life, Part 2

7:00am (about a week ago)I wonder how things will be with Cory this morning. I have not felt at all like crawling into bed with him, so I just didn’t. I’ve been up all night. I’m still feeling pretty upset with him for hurting my feelings and acting like I did something horrible. And now [...]

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Getting to Know the Schizo Life

Email to Deena and Susan:I’m so sorry to be writing this before I’ve even had a chance to reply to your emails but I have to, I just have to. I’m so frustrated and sad and angry right now. Sometimes it is just really, really hard to live with Cory and his illness. I love [...]

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