Category: windy ridge
We are officially behind schedule on the Windy Ridge bus. At the last minute we decided to rip up the existing floor and replace it. We replaced the insulation and layered on top plywood, another layer of rigid insulation and topped that with hardwood plywood. We also built up the engine compartment to allow […]
The Christmas story narrated by the children of Windy Ridge. Thank you, family, for playing along.
Dear friends, We need to change the way we perceive mental illnesses and depressive illnesses or they will remain just as debilitating and deadly. Depression has become an epidemic. So has autism and other disorders. You and I live in a rapidly changing world and it might take awhile to pinpoint the cause, but in […]
Let me summarize my personal experience—-starting from the beginning. My first “known” experience with mental illness was when a dear friend, and cousin of Levi, developed schizophrenia in our early twenties. I say “known” because now that I look back I realize mental illness has been a part of my family since the beginning. I […]
We celebrated twenty two years of marriage last week. The captain and I stayed at the ocean for two days and then all of our children (except one) joined us there for two more days. We started out in Depoe Bay, Oregon, and made our way to Astoria for the second night and ended up […]