Getting an email from the Website or a Facebook message via my author page, and especially the hand-written cards found in the PO Box truly make my day.
I'm so glad to hear readers are enjoying the book. Putting it out there has alreadyled to more than I could hope for. People are talking, to me anyway, about their
families' experiences with mental illness. They share they believe in wellness despite the diagnoses they or their family members have.
I do hope these conversations spread. One reviewer on Amazon wrote, "... my view of mental illness has forever changed."
I am fortunate to live in a time when people are becoming more comfortable with
discussing mental health.
It is funny, however, because I am both proud of my accomplishment of having published a
well-written book; at the same time I am embarrassed. The embarrassment comes from the stigma, which is still attached to mental illness. Some days it feels as if I admitted some crime that I have committed rather than revealing a story of an illness I survived and am successfully managing.
Thank you again for your notes affirming the book is contributing to the national conversation on mental wellness.
Live Well,
Tara
