People call me/I call myself Heather O.

I see myself as a woman who tries very hard to make those around her happy and who often sacrifices her own happiness in the quest, usually without realizing it until later.

If I thought you cared and you were listening, I would tell you that I wish I could run away from home and never come back. Just leave it all behind… throw my cell phone into a river and change my name… never look back.

I am struggling with trying to retain my own sanity while dealing with my boyfriend’s major depression and paranoid schizophrenia.

Something I have been keeping a secret is I want to cut myself every single day. I don’t, but I want to, and I miss it, every single day.

I am trying to think positive and something I’m good at is knitting beautiful things and telling my loved ones how incredibly special they are to me.

I love my daughters, more than anything.

I want people to know that I am not ashamed anymore of who I am and the mental illness that I deal with.

My blog is The Destiny Manifest.