TALK IT UP!

  • All dogs go to Heaven: Remembering Canvas Nicole- Our Favorite English Bulldog.

    10.13.2022 Dear Auntie Tuma,This is Canvas (your favorite English Bulldog). I’m sure you know by now that I’m in Heaven.  I’ve been meaning to wri...
  • Trust

    Trust the process.Easier said than done. I was brought back to a place where I had to trust the process. How might one do that? How could you trust...
  • This Person.

    This Person:   I lost someone and so did you. Sometimes life can be so cruel and so confusing. So pleasurable and so joyous. Sometimes we see ...
  • Medication isn't for everyone, but it works for Me.

    When I was about 8 or 9, I developed a mental disorder called Trichotillomania. In a nutshell, it is an OCD hair pulling disorder.  Naturally...
  • Safe Places

    My God, my time at church, driving, showers, walks, my bedroom.Yet it can also be the loneliest places.I cry, I lament and I call out to my ...
  • How TU;MA Benefits Me

    How TU;MA Benefits Me: H- Having thoughts of suicide or dealing with severe mental illness is real. This is my story. O- Open dialogues about ment...
  • Almost.

    I almost died. I almost had a family. I almost found my person. I was almost enough.  My name is Kira and throughout the course of my life, I’ve b...
  • Light at the end of the Tunnel.

    Ada Adams once said, " There's a light at the end of every tunnel. Some tunnels just happen to be longer than others", and there I was unknowingly ...
  • PAIN.

    01 October 2021 Dear You,  “People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain.” – Neil Strauss What is pain? Per definition it is an unpleasant s...