by Laura Joy Ramos
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Fearfully, Wonderfully, and Bipolar-ly Made
Welcome to My Journey
This is where I share my unfiltered journey through mental health, faith, and finding purpose in the beautiful mess of being human. I’m Laura Joy, author of an upcoming memoir about embracing all the parts of ourselves—including the broken ones.
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Making the Most of It (Hospital Edition)
I walked the floor of the ER once, and that’s when I saw them—half a dozen sunrise landscapes decorating the hallways. I stood before each one, these windows to elsewhere when I couldn’t get to my own pier. God had provided witness even there. Sometimes making the most of a moment means recognizing that the…
The Journal Returns: A Story of Lost and Found
I actually cried when Hector told me he’d found my “book.” I think God knew I would be an oft-wandering soul. That friends and loves and family members would come and go, and I would need something to anchor me, something I could rely on even when those I loved couldn’t be there for me.…
Believe in the Sunrise: A Christmas Road Trip
When I read the scrolling text on my red coin and thermos, I see an invitation to savor the true message the material world hides this season. Santa Billy knows what that red coin really means: we don’t have to be good enough. We just have to believe—in showing up, in choosing the third door,…