In  the spring of 1985 my daughter Bee recovered from her horrific struggle with symptoms of  major depression. The final verses of her song  “The Hall of Mirrors” describe the  experience of attaining joy and spiritual renewal.  Since that time she has managed all symptoms without the use of medication. Is anybody out there? Can anyone see me? Is anybody waiting for me to start to see what’s going on…

BRAIN CHEMICAL DISORDERS by Doris Ray Major Depression Major depression is the most common of all brain chemical disorders. According to statistics one man in ten and one woman in five will suffer a serious depression at some time in their lives. Many of us become depressed when we anticipate or experience unpleasant situations. It’s…

BRAIN CHEMICAL DISORDERS by Doris Ray Panic Attacks I had my first panic attack when I was about 13 and in the eighth grade. The teacher in our small rural school had asked me to read a poem to the class from our English textbook. I had been reading aloud to this same bunch of…

MY CANCER DIARY by Doris Ray On September 21st 2007 Premier Campbell announced that the North would finally come of age—medically speaking. By 2012 we should have acquired all the health benefits and convenience of having a cancer clinic in the region. I recalled my own encounter with the big “C”  which I had chronicled…

Why do we assume that  everything in the world of nature and in the human world  are in opposition to one another? Possibly it originates from the scientific theory  “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?” But that theory only refers to a force that’s expending energy- something in motion. It has nothing to do with abstract terms such as “dark” versus “light” or…

IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN In nineteen hundred and sixty-five The town of Fraser Lake was like a bee-hive People moving in from far away In the shadow of the mountain They had come to stay Brand new houses and a shopping mall Streets, a water system, recreation hall One year later Fraser Lake…