When I was 16, a young teenager, I was going through a tough patch. My mom, sister, brother, and I had just moved into the Green District (a suburb of Roseburg, Oregon), and my sister and I were assigned to one Queen sized bed in a small bedroom where two Margaret Keane’s paintings hung from … Continue reading
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AK Learning Documentary- Schizoaffective Disorder
AK Learning Documentary- Schizoaffective Disorder with Sherry Joiner and Psychiatrist Dr. Ward T. Smith, produced by Professor Art Kohn for Cengage, a college textbook publisher. Seen by more than 100,000 university students. Click here: the link to your video
Schizoaffective Disorder- Different Angles
Seeing Schizoaffective Disorder and Sanity from Different Angles Sherry M. Joiner I’m not a psychiatrist, but I have lived with Schizoaffective Disorder the majority of my life. I have the experience of being with and taking caring of this illness that affects me day in and day out, and I know which drugs that … Continue reading
In Memory of Vincent Van Gogh
In Commemoration of Vincent Van Gogh’s Life- Irises and Sunflowers- from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Multnomah.
Happy Easter and Feliz Pascoa
Yesterday, my husband, our adopted grand girls, their father, and me went on an egg hunt at Mt. Scott Community Center, Portland, Oregon. There was a DJ who played 60’s music and people in blue jeans were rocking out. An arts and crafts table where you could make ‘bunny hats’ and Easter decorations, stood at the park entrance. We were served … Continue reading
Honored with a Lamb Doll
Praying Lamb Doll Award, I received for giving my NAMI In Our Own Voice speech last night, to the VA Family2Family Class in Portland, Oregon. Isn’t he cute?
Tribute to my mother, Maria- February 24, 1989
In memory of my dear mother, Maria, who took her life Feb. 24, 1989. My mother, came from a large Brazilian family of 10 brothers and sisters. She was a mother of three, a nurse, a grandparent, a foster grandparent. I can remember her at a dim lamp over our dining room table preparing for her … Continue reading
Celebrating my 67th birthday with Schizoaffective Disorder
Dipped my toes in the warm Pacific Ocean at Seaside last weekend and spent some special times with aunt Deanna from Brazil. Even though I still had the emotional impact left over when I lived with my mom, who was Aunt Deanna’s sister, and the feelings I faced with mom’s suicide in the month of February, which still … Continue reading
Once Upon a Harley
Thank you to all my acquaintances, friends, and relatives for your beautiful and endearing presents, cards, and messages of love for my birthday. I celebrated my special day at Seaside this weekend on my Cousin Mickey’s Harley and visiting with my Aunt Deanna from Brazil who is 92, and family. I healed with the ocean and will … Continue reading
Paintings by Sherry Inspired by the Ocean
These are a few of my favorite oil paintings I did of the Pacific Ocean.
Arts and Writing by Sherry 