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My
mom is now (and has been for about 2 years as of this writing) in a great
assisted-living facility where she has an active social life and her dog,
Baby (and new addition, pound-pup Cinder). She has regained her sense
of humor and most of her cognitive skills, has resumed reading and dancing
and doing things that she enjoys. She is still sometimes lonely. There
are times when she is anxious and her symptoms flair up. She will always
have schizophrenia and I will always have a mother with schizophrenia,
but I wouldn't change it now if I could. It has made me a better, stronger,
more compassionate person. It took a while to get to that point. Growing
up we made each other's lives hell. Now we talk to each other once a week,
and my love and appreciation for her strength, perservance and humor continues
to grow.
 Schizophrenia
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