TheBanyanTree: Mental Illness Ain't No Picnic

[Julie Anna Teague]

All of these stories, Monique....mental illness affects so many 
people...you need to write that book you are planning, dear heart. I 
think it would help so many people.



Quoting smack58 at nycap.rr.com:

> ---- "Dale M. Parish" <parishdm at att.net> wrote:
> You said it all!
>
> Sharon
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Monique Colver wrote:
>> This is not what I?d wanted to write on the occasion of Stew?s birthday, but
>
> Monique;
> Bless you for Stew.  I have a brother with problems and have
> experienced some of the things you and Stew encountered-- ours was
> mostly manageable, but your story very well illustrates what's wrong
> with the American mental health "system"-- or lack there of.
>
> Unfortunately, I feel, the politicians will look outward for
> something or someone to blame and in time, this, too, will be
> forgotten and the budget cutters will continue to put people in need
> closer to the street.
>
> Hugs,
> Dale
> --
> Dale M. Parish
> 628 Parish RD
> Orange TX 77632
>