(Char) Emily Writes

So, I was looking back at old photos on my computer and I found puppy photos of my dog, Ruby ( click to read my last post about her ). For a light-hearted post, I thought it would be great to share some of them. These photos hold a lot of beautiful, wonderful and hilarious memories for me. They tell the story of Ruby's puppy days perfectly. Starting right back from her first day with us, at just 7 weeks old.  And seeing how adorably small she was! She couldn't even get on the sofa, we had to help her up! And then when she did get on the sofa, she found that it was a long way down so she did this cute leap off it and fell flat on her face every time. She was a very energetic pup, she was always running around, being playful or getting up to some mischief. But of course, she was just a little puppy so she needed a lot of sleep! She looked adorable sleeping, of course. She rarely slept in her bed back then, but she did sleep in these weir...

Hey guys! So, I wanted to talk about mental illnesses and just how hard it is to live with them because a lot of people don't understand, especially if they have never experienced one. It is one of the hardest things to live with and can sometimes make you act in certain ways that others may find annoying or confusing. For me, depression has been one of the hardest things to deal with and it's something that just doesn't go away. Suddenly, getting out of bed in the morning is the hardest thing to do. At the beginning of this university semester, I spent about 2 weeks in bed because I felt so awful. I couldn't sleep at night, and I couldn't get up in the morning. The world seemed like a horrible place. No one understood why I was acting like that. When I tried to reach out for help, I was told that there was nothing wrong with me. I felt like that I would never get out of it. Depression destroyed all of my friendships at school and makes it harder to mainta...