Tag Archives: seasonal affective disorder

Cold Hands, Warm Heart

27 Jan

I used to say things like, “I could never live anywhere that didn’t have the four seasons.” Meaning snow, of course. The older I get, the more I hope to never say never, because right now I feel like I could live somewhere without the four seasons, very easily. Yes, I ski. Yes, I get [...]

Why can’t I have a disorder called HAPPY?

18 Feb

Each year about October, the light starts to fade in Montana and darkness drifts into our mornings and evenings like an unwelcome snake. Frankly, it makes me a little crazy to go to work and come home in the dark. By the time Christmas rolls around I’m eating enough sugar to make me susceptible to adult-onset diabetes and am crying [...]