Brandie

“mental health diagnosis is not a death sentence. All the patients in this unit are just trying to get better.”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Yet when adults lose the four distinguishing features of adolescence, when they stop cultivating the power of novelty seeking, social engagement, emotional intensity, and creative exploration, life can become boring, isolating, dull, and routinized.”
― Daniel J. Siegel, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

“What if,” I say quietly, “at the end of the night, they get confused and think that I’m one of the patients there and they don’t let me out?”
― Freida McFadden, Ward D

“Keep (or guard in the NIV) your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4: 23). By keeping or guarding our hearts in these times, we will be able to keep our footing in rough waters.”
― Rick Horne, Get Offa My Case!: Godly Parenting of an Angry Teen