Finding JOY Blog

If this is the first thing you have ever read about me, let me preface: In July 2012 my life changed forever. I was a victim of a mass shooting in a movie theater. I left the theater ok, but my boyfriend at the time passed away saving my life. Rest in peace Jon Baby. Though I did not know it at the time, this was the day that marked the beginning of my mental health journey. Before that, I was the naïve and quite frankly uneducated person who thought depression was all in your head. SMH, I’m scoffing at...