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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a word that is funny to the EARS Children hear it and giggle, loved ones shed TEARS. Hospitals help the sick, and medicines are GOOD, Illness means your body doesn’t function like it SHOULD. Zebras like Sunshine know what MT’s brother FORGETS, Opting out of your meds leaves your family in the PITS.…
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13. Darkness, Depression, Death
The first 72 hours in the hospital were terrifying and terrific. I was convinced that I had been given a divine calling to share with the world and that the park was all a part of my wife and Mike M’s grand plan to surprise me. The repressed emotions of my childhood was a very…
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1. Foreword: Bipolar Pastor
My Mental Health Concession In June of 2020 I found myself in the middle of a whirlwind of crazy. Life was moving fast, hell was breaking loose all around me, and my mind was swinging into full manic, hyperdrive. After learning that my counselor spoke to my boss who then put me on leave of…
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2. Intro: Ground Zero: A Look Back through the Lenses of Bipolar & The Bible
INTRODUCTION The Adventures of MT & Sunshine A Picture Memoir of a Bipolar Pastor & His Faithful Wife 0 to 60 in under 6 seconds. It has been said that a picture is worth 1,000 words. Well, in a manic state I can say enough to take you through a small picture album in less than…
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3. Family Trees, Trauma & Trajectory
MY BIPOLAR FATHER: The night of August 29th, 1982 was a typical Sunday evening for Pastor Jim. Returning home from a day of services at FBC of Vero Beach where he had served as the lead pastor since 1977. On this particular summer night Pastor Jim was settling in for the evening when he got…
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4. A Manic Mom & Bipolar Brother
A Manic Mom & Bipolar Brother My Mom burst into my messy room and said, “Mike, wake up, I need you to drive me to the ER, I think I am having a heart attack.” I wasn’t quite yet 16 years old and I had my learner’s permit. I had just enough knowledge behind a…
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5. The Adventure Begins…
Chapter 1 The Adventure Begins When We Pledged In Sickness and In Health Bipolar Wasn’t In The Picture August 18th, 2002 marked the beginning of Lisa and I’s adventure together. It was a day surrounded by friends and family, marked by laughter and joy, and filled with music, dancing, and the sharing of our wedding…
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12. Hell Breaks Loose…
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. On June 16th the two heroes that deserve the most credit are my two oldest sons, Micah and Noah. On that day when I sent them to walk an unknown trail that was supposed to lead back to me 1/2 mile later I was confident everything was going…
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11. When Your World Crashes In…
Silas was coming and I needed to get our house in order. There were several things we were facing within the school system and with the boys that made this season a little rocky. However, what seemed to be the greatest provoker of my emotional distress was learning the story of my father’s final hours.…
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10. A Fifth Son on the Way
Mania can be brought on by tragedy and by triumphs. I’ll let you guess which one Silas is. Families that Flourish was the title of a message I preached at First Baptist Church early in my tenure there. In preparing for that message God had shown me that the ways that a father “exasperates” his…
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- Schizophrenia
- 13. Darkness, Depression, Death
- 1. Foreword: Bipolar Pastor
- 2. Intro: Ground Zero: A Look Back through the Lenses of Bipolar & The Bible
- 3. Family Trees, Trauma & Trajectory
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Praying for you Mike and for your beautiful family. I can't imagine how painful and difficult this journey has been…
Mike, it is wonderful to read your story and to learn of God's greatness through your weakness! I look forward…