When Maryam alayhi asalaam finds out that she is going to have a baby, she asks how can that be when no mortal has touched her. To that Allah replies in the Quran, “It is easy for me” (19:21). And because Allah says this in Quran, it’s my firm belief that we can thrive with a [...]

It’s so tempting to drop the pills sometimes especially when it’s for Bipolar and Depression. How do I take a pill for an invisible illness, a mental illness? Bipolar and Depression start as feelings and end with destructive behaviors. And sometimes those initial feelings give us such a thrill that we want more. “I can sleep less [...]

A walk under the wintry sun, a fast jump up the stairs,  dips and laps in the warm pool. Two readers on morningwind.org will see these words and one will think pain, torture, agony while the second will imagine pleasure, fun, alive. Same activities, different perception. It’s all because of an organ I call the [...]

Bipolar is sooo grayish. Same with Depression. It’s challenging to find answers when you live with a mental illness. And one of the most simplest question consumers will ask is “Is this me or is the illness?” This simple question has a very complicated answer but let’s simply it once in for all. After taking Bipolar [...]

I have a lot of dreams, good ones and many nightmares too. But last night I had a very interesting dream. My doctor presents me with a cookie and not just any ordinary cookie. It’s a cookie that has all my meds in it So all I have to do is eat the cookie. Then [...]

Teresa Rodriguez: Learning to Love Myself Again I love candy, especially Skittles. Sometimes I would even fall asleep with a mouthful of them. In the morning I would look in the mirror and hate the obese person I saw, yet I never connected the two. So, I stopped looking in the mirror, thinking that if [...]

She stares at herself in the oval mirror that hangs neatly on her pale bedroom wall. Although Amna is all decked up for her friend’s party, she still doesn’t feel pretty enough. She’s not thin enough, tall enough, healthy enough. She’s just not good enough for herself. And now Amna is at a point where she has had enough [...]