[nandm]

Jenna, someday I hope that you can see the person that many of us see inside of you. You are by no means a failure to me. I see an intelligent, talented, strong woman. Your intelligence shows through in your posts. Your talent is quite visible in your photos. Your strength comes out in the fact that you are alive and still trying to move forward despite the road blocks that bipolar has presented for you.

Look at all you have done to make that ramshackled place a home. Look at all that you and Live are going to do to continue to make it a home. I rather doubt your sister would have done all that in your shoes. In fact, many people would have just given up. I see you still putting one foot in front of the other even if it just means getting out of bed and unpacking one box that day. A failure quits trying when they are down, they just fail to try to get back up. I have seen in your posts that even when you have been so low and frustrated you did not know where to turn, you still kept trying. You are not alone with mental illness causing a problem with jobs. I have been fired from two. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and one day you will see that your life will change. I love the fact that you are going to start walking. It is great exercise.

Take care.