When everyone else goes to bed each night, I lament the days' wasted truths--that all I get to celebrate is being a pauper (albiet with a beautiful family) and someone who suffers with major mental illness. Schizophrenia is not a joke. There are some good times, yes--but moreover there are struggles and disappointments that go along with it, each and every day. That is why I am a Trustee of the local NAMI chapter--so that I can help others the way people have helped me through some deep, dark times in my life. Although there'll never be a cure, each day, I look forward to my medication management as well as my coping strategies and support system to help me get better. X