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My Schizoaffective article

new link to my article Schizoaffective Disorder      Schizoaffective Disorder occurs in 1 and 100 people. It was first diagnosed by Dr. Jacob Kasanin in 1933. Many people who have it are diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression because it is difficult to understand its symptoms. Over the last forty-six years I have … Continue reading →

My 65th Birthday

Julie Fast treated me to a birthday dinner for my special day on Valentines Day. What fun! The next night, a friend came up from Salem, and we celebrated our birthdays at PF Changs. And last night I celebrated my birthday with my step family Becky, Lyle, and Jacob. We made up for the snow … Continue reading →

Kirkus Review of Sherry Goes Sane

Kirkus Review of my memoir Sherry Goes Sane: Living A Life With Schizo-Affective Disorder. “The prose is often beautiful, if harrowing, and readers will have sympathy for Joiner’s utter determination to find a way to live with her condition.” “An affecting hones memoir useful to anyone trying to understand life with psychosis.”

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A Bit of Preschool nostalgia After starting off the year of 2006, with a New Year’s party, the first holiday the Preschooler’s and I celebrated was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Love and equality were shared by all in every race and every color of the classroom. I read a condensed  version of Dr. King’s dream speech from … Continue reading →

Book Reading

I’m delighted to announce that I will have a book reading of Sherry Goes Sane: Living A Life With Schizo-Affective Disorder to Jeana Wheeler’s Bipolar Recovery Group and Jean Duncan’s DBSA Group at the Portland Adventist Hospital, Lower Level Conference, 10123 Se Market Street, Portland Oregon, on February 2, 2014, at 4:15 p.m.

Christmas Day 2013

  I sat in my pink butterfly pajamas and Turquoise top with my leg elevated Christmas Day. Everything was right in my world and I was healing with nature in a non-materialistic way. It was an extraordinary day outside. I peeked inside a box holding a golden Ferris wheel which stood about 1 ½ feet … Continue reading →

A Bouquet from my sister Diana

  I wish that I had taken a picture of my bouquet of roses from my sister, Diana, the day of my launch. Beautiful coral roses, green mum-like flowers, and cockle shell lavender blooms. They had such a significant meaning. However, our lighting wouldn’t have done it justice. My sister, Diana, is like a twin … Continue reading →

Launching Sherry Goes Sane

I found out that Sherry Goes Sane was in 5th position in Amazon’s ranking and was one of the top 10 sellers in the mental health category on Amazon.com. You can buy Sherry Goes Sane from Amazon, or, you can buy Sherry Goes Sane from me.

Book Launch – Book Signing

Thank you everyone for coming to my Book Launch Party. It meant so much to me. My book Sherry Goes Sane now ranks in the top 10 in Amazon’s mental health category. Bravo! Thank you Julie, Best Selling Mental Health Author, for taking pictures at my event, and City Commissioner Amanda Fritz for your speech.