All of her life has been a struggle to survive, and now Brenda has a new battle to add to the burden: to ensure her baby brother doesn't have to live the abuse she and her sisters endured. Life in Hatchet Prairie is a relentless mountain ahead of her, with her toxic family and the demanding religion of the community. And even though she originates from the tightly stitched establishment, Brenda feels like she has always been on the outside looking in and that she wasn't meant to stay in its stifling wraps. Clawing out from under is her best option for addressing the constant rejection of an…mehr
All of her life has been a struggle to survive, and now Brenda has a new battle to add to the burden: to ensure her baby brother doesn't have to live the abuse she and her sisters endured. Life in Hatchet Prairie is a relentless mountain ahead of her, with her toxic family and the demanding religion of the community. And even though she originates from the tightly stitched establishment, Brenda feels like she has always been on the outside looking in and that she wasn't meant to stay in its stifling wraps. Clawing out from under is her best option for addressing the constant rejection of an independent thinker, and she determines to leave if nothing else. A local t-shirt is printed with: "Hatchet Prairie is not the end of the world, but you can see it from there".So what or who is the real solution, and where does the forgiveness demanded of her fit in? Brenda wants to believe God loves and cares for her, but her upbringing keeps cutting into her view of the Father, who clearly thinks she is to die for and wants to take all the pieces and create a new tapestry . . .
Bailey Larroquette lives with the symptoms of P.T.S.D., anxiety, and depression, although she is quick to claim;" I don't suffer, I experience." The journey has been a "lurch and stall," sometimes, with the added challenge of overcoming addictions or as she ruefully puts it;" rut-carved tendencies.""When we accept our limits we can rise above them," someone once told her and it stuck. Each diagnosis comes as a clumsily wrapped gift, each one causing her to reach for and lean on her Higher Power."There is beauty in living overwhelmed," she says. "It forces you to give it all up, let go and let God." Another good quote is: "Once we accept our flaws no one can use them against us." And P.T.S.D. removes "the filter," so you speak your mind and people always know where they stand with you.A sense of humor has been a necessity as one alphabetical calamity seems to trigger another, and A.D.H.D. offers the gift of high efficiency with itsbursts of energy and inspiration. There is still a lot of stigma, even though mental illness is no different than lung cancer or arthritis. You didn't ask for it,but you learn to cope with it and love life the best you can anyway. "I don't suffer from insanity I quite enjoy it," says a fridge magnet somewhere. Many people don't possess the guts it takes to talk candidly about their adventures with mental health, but Bailey does, with hopes it will help someone else speak up, reach out, and claim their place in the sun. "You are here because God thought the world needed one of you too."
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