Sometimes Things Fall Apart: A Spouse’s Story about Blindness, Mental Illness, Dismantled Beliefs, and Life Not Going as Planned

The plans we have for life sometimes collide with the plans life has for us.

She knew when they married that her husband was carrying a disease which would eventually take his vision. And life was going amazingly well. Right up until the day that her blind husband began to experience severe mental illness in the form of psychosis and depression. This is a disability story told from a spouse’s perspective. It is the courageous account of what happens in a life when: An unexpected second disability enters a relationship A caregiving spouse starts counting her losses A flawed belief system finally collapses This is a story about blindness, depression, psychosis, and leaving behind a faith that couldn’t contain them. This is a story for anyone else whose life has fallen entirely apart.