mental health

Emotions In Check = Less Pain

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 21, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I did something this week that I often have a hard time with…I kept my emotions in check. Yeah, it’s worthy of celebration, right?! Go, Me! Follow me on this…you KNOW something to be true, but it takes life happening, experiencing hardship, and un-learning and...

Suicide Prevention: The Blame Game

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 17, 2022 • Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following our story as part of Suicide Prevention Month, you’ve heard me mention the Blame Game. I blamed myself. I blamed the world. I blamed myself. I blamed teenage angst. I blamed myself. I blamed hormones. I blamed myself. Blaming myself seemed...

Suicide Prevention: Listening

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 16, 2022 • Leave a Comment

As we have attempted to bring to light suicidal ideation and prevention, we have focused on the details of our story. Yesterday, we emphasized the importance of listening to kids amidst telling about our own experiences. Here’s why… Kids need someone they can trust. They...

Suicide Prevention Month: Our Story Continues

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 15, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Trigger Warning: Mental health struggles and suicidal thoughts can be difficult to process. If you might be triggered, please skip this post. When I talk about our mental health struggles with anybody, I get a number of questions and responses… Nope, not of that. Yes,...

Suicide Prevention Month: Our Story Begins

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 14, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Here’s the scoop on mental health problems…they suck. I think we’re now prepared to share some of our experience with mental health challenges and suicidal ideation, but be warned. It’s hard and sad and awful. I am bringing it to my blog, because September is...

Friday Adventures, September 9, 2022

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Following a few conversations about our safety in and around Memphis, we opted for a Friday Adventure right here close by full of giggles and retail therapy! We got our fill at Wayback Burgers, and if you haven’t been there yet, run (and I mean,...

Identity Crisis?

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 8, 2022 • Leave a Comment

My hair is purple, right in the front. It’s been blonde, even red, but purple…it’s kind of my thing. It’s fun. I get compliments on it all the time. People ask me questions about it, too. Is it permanent? (Yes.) Do you do it yourself?...

Something To Look Forward To

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 1, 2022 • Leave a Comment

You know what we often need when we’re going through a season? Something to look forward to! Y’all. We love to travel, and a year ago, Keith and I decided to go to Maine. We had never been. It was nothing short of amazing, and...

RIP to My Sanity

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 30, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Here’s where the erosion of your sanity will get you… Our company’s vans died literally dead seemingly all at once (ummm, today), and we are now in a pickle. So I found two online, had them brought down from Murfreesboro, TN (which took some doing),...

Valley of the Shadow Sometimes

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 30, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all, I feel like I’m walking through that valley of the shadow. The good news is I know God is with me. The bad news is that my humanness sure pushes fear to the forefront and tries to crowd out my faith. I won’t let...