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    Through My Eyes
    Through My Eyes
    Through My Eyes
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    Through My Eyes

    By Joanna Blackburn

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    Parents of children with mental illness have feelings that they can't express out loud.  This book is my raw emotions and feelings as the worst time of my life happens.  If you have a child with Bipolar or SchizoAffective Disorder this is a must-read. 

    You are not alone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDraft2Digital
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781386363903
    Through My Eyes
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    Joanna Blackburn

    Joanna does what she is passionate about every single day.  She writes only what she feels a passionate & spiritual connection to.  She lives life fully everyday by seeing the beauty in everything around her.  She appreciates and embraces the little things that come and go in her life. Joanna only recently started using her own art work to make her ebook covers truely her own.  Why not?  She has been using her own photo's in her articles for the last couple of years. Her intuitive self leads her to each "nexxt" step in her journey.  So now she is stepping out of her comfort zone and trying new and exciting experiences. If you want to know more about Joanna's articles or art, or even when her newest ebook will be out, make sure to get on her mailing list 

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      Through My Eyes - Joanna Blackburn

      A QUICK NOTE

      Iwrote about my personal experience in hope of helping others parents, to know they are not alone in the way they feel. As a Mother, we become protective of our children. As a caregiver of your child with special needs, we become aggressive towards not only protecting their rights but on helping them become all they can be.

      I choice to begin the story at the most traumatic point in my life journey and not at the beginning because it has been a long road of misdiagnoses. Up to this point, our reactions had adjusted to her unusual ways and behavioral. We had accepted her behavior unconditionally.

      PROLOGUE

      Standing in the doorway watching, my heart sank. There in the far corner of the room sat my daughter, curled up, rocking back and forth. Her monotone voice made me wonder if she was laughing or crying. With her face hidden in her knees, I hear myself say, Renee, stop being a brat. Shaking my head, I walk away, thinking what can I do?

      Memories of my daughter’s past behavior had taken over my brain, again.

      The insanity hangs over me, as I sit on the edge of my bed, my feet tingling, my heart racing, my head throbbing, as my mind tries to shake the turmoil that is left over from my nightmares.

      CHAPTER 1

      THE June air was suffocating inside the diner, with business booming, there is no thinking time. My gut instinct kept interrupting my concentration, the feeling that something isn’t right ate at me all night. I felt sad and anxious at the same time so by the end of my shift I am exhausted. I drive home in a daze with the feeling of doom pushing me to drive faster.

      I arrive at my mother-in-law and father-in-law house first. I always check in on them before going up to my house. Tonight was no exception.

      I could feel the tension as I walk in the door. My mother-in-law’s face is serious and sad. I had only seen that look once before. That is when she was told that her son had committed suicide. I knew the news was bad, but

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