I promise to be more

I have the label of living with a severe mental illness. An illness that isn’t widely understood and is way too often feared. I love talking about my schizoaffectiveness. Sure, my blog doesn’t reach many people but hopefully it spreads a little bit of knowledge to those who do read it.

What I also have is a ton of other labels. I’m a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister. I have a passionate love for the Winter Dance Party plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. I love John Denver. My favorite person in history is Lady Jane Grey, not just because she was highly educated but because after nine days on the English throne she allowed herself to be executed at the tender age of 16 due to her religion conventions. Conventions I will never have. I wear glasses. I’m short and hate having that pointed out to me. I’m never truly filled with the Christmas spirit because I’ve been scarred by 14 years of working in retail. My favorite actors are Danny Kaye and Ginger Rogers. Cyndi Lauper is my hero because she taught me to be myself no matter how odd that may be. I’m a reader and a film snob. I have a lot of other attributes that aren’t coming to my head right now because I just woke up.

Here’s my New Year’s resolution: I promise to make my blog more than just my illness. I shall talk about being mentally ill but I will have posts about other topics of interest to me. Maybe you might learn something new, maybe you won’t read it. I just want to share that I’m more than my illness. What’s your New Year’s resolution?