We first made the acquaintance of young miss Chelsia Bleu, our Kallie, in Bleu Moon (Kallie Bleu).As a young girl she was not overjoyed to be unceremoniously transplanted to the high mountains of Kentucky. She finds herself overwhelmed, "Lost" and in need of a guide as she sets off to identify and challenge her Destiny as a young adult. On her blue moon quest, things for Kallie go from bad to worse. Bleu Snafu picks up where we left her last, in a serious predicament. As promised sh...

High up in the Kentucky mountains is a world hidden from public view. You would never guess, unless you have been here, that people actually reside in this wilderness. I find the mountain folk to be kind enough, yet they are so different from anything I have ever seen. Local custom and tradition are odd and often dark.My name is Kallie. I live near the top of the tallest mountain range, so high up that the air is thin and crisp and people are few and far between. This is not the lan...

Hi there. So nice of you to be here. So you want to lose some weight, or get healthier. I applaud you for this undertaking.Let me introduce myself. My name is Beverly and I am a RN. I have over 30 years of experience in helping people in crisis, starting with a degree in Psychology from VPI&SU. I have been a Registered Nurse since 1993. By far my most intense experiences came from over 15 years working in a state-run mental institution. Believe me when I say there is not a person th...

We all know this is a dangerous world; dangers from outside our country, dangers from within our country, and dangers from within our community. But the most tragic and often the biggest danger to our loved ones, comes from themselves. Many people are oblivious to this fact, until they have a suicidal loved one. I have heard too many people scream the same phrases of denial, ask the same heartbreaking questions, and wrestle with the same unyielding guilt. My wish is that you, or your famil...

The secret will not be ignored or lost or forgotten. It will not be silenced.Libby wanted to blame the flood that came and stayed until all hope for replanting was lost, drowned their milk cows, and altered the landscape beyond recognition. For years she believed the flood caused the terrible rift that came between Mom and Dad, for the way her mom grew silent and pushed them all away, and for the anger and sadness that tore her dad apart.But there is another reason, a betraya...

Hello. I am so glad that you are here. The disorder of depression, whether clinical or depressive symptoms, is far to common in our great Nation. This short book is intended to provide some information about this disorder; my personally professional viewpoint based on education and vast experience.Let me introduce myself. My name is Beverly and I am a psychiatric Registered Nurse. I have over 30 years experience in helping people in crisis, starting with a degree in Psychology from ...

Confusion about depression is very common. Commercials touting the latest "cure" compliments of the drug companies. But which one do we ask for, the one that makes you float with balloons or the one with the pretty girl. Or should we ask at all, don't the doctors know? If it is as simple as popping a pill then sign me up. Huey Lewis wanted a new drug, wonder which one worked for him. Yet we know it is never that simple.Confusion and more confusion. I see it in the faces and I hear i...

As a Nurse I am constantly surprised that my caseload is not overrun with cases of Human Hoof & Mouth disease. It is not healthy to put your foot in your mouth every time you open it.As a psychiatric Nurse, I often find myself worrying less about my patients, and more about those "normal and well" individuals. I keep trying to convince myself that they don't mean to trivialize another's pain, that surely what they said is not what they meant to say. If you are talking with a person ...

I hear too often "There is nothing I can do to help"; when friends and family are talking about the depressed or suicidal person. I always feel the need to interject, to let them know that this is simply untrue. Invariably someone will say something to the effect that they don't have the degree or the medical training, they don't have what it takes to help. I often have to agree with the degree and training thing. But most everyone I have ever met has the basics to be able to help, plus th...

Hello. I am so glad that you are here. My name is Beverly and I am a RN. I have over 30 years experience in helping people in crisis, starting with a degree in Psychology from VPI&SU in 1981. I have been a Registered Nurse since 1993, and board certified as a specialist in Mental Health and Mental Illness. I have worked in many areas over the years including counseling, medical hospitals, mental hospitals, and home health. The specific job titles have varied, including Psychiatric Nurse, R...

Author's Note: All characters are the age of adulthood (18 years) or older.I am taking on my lifelong challenge. A problem that has plagued me for it seems all of my years, which I must agree has not been a great many years, but that is of little help to me. Does everyone else know who they are in this life?I feel like I am the only one who needs to question everything, things my friends have never asked themselves I am sure. For the few times I have asked even nonchalantly t...

Is that you? Nice! So glad you are back for more. Ready for some more serious stuff now I see. Well good for you, you really have been putting in the effort.Look at yourself today; take a picture if you like. You are now like a river; you are never going to be exactly what you were yesterday. Smile.Seems weight loss is a big problem for some, and a large topic to discuss, no pun intended. Diet for weight loss is a simple equation less calories in, more calories out. Yet thin ...