Thanks to Nancy, here are some fascinating videos about the spiritual side of bipolar disease. Sometimes I wonder how much of mental illness is society’s interpretation of “normal” as well as society’s rejection and disdain.

Bipolar Mania or Spiritual Enlightenment?

Why Bipolar People Commit Suicide

As a surprise Mother’s Day present for myself, I just happened to check MySpace to see if Erik had a page, and indeed he did, however scanty. Here he is sitting in the very chair and room where he took his own life, playing something on his guitar, with a broken shoulder no less. Proof positive that there is a spiritual, creative side to bipolar disease.

me playing guitar

Erik Medhus | Myspace Video

By the way, I will put the ETP radio interview under the links section of the blog for all of you who weren’t able to catch it when it was aired on May 6th.

And now I close, wishing all of you moms a Happy Mother’s Day. For many of us, today is bittersweet, punctuated by joy and sadness, but it helps to remember that death doesn’t rob us of motherhood nor does it rob of of our eternal relationship with our children. They are with us forever, because barriers melt in the wake of Love.