From my time in the Psychiatric Ward
I remember the walls... The cold white lonesome walls that mirrored my image with perfection. Starring into my face I saw a colorless, chipped, lifeless wall echoing [...]
Inviting Pain & Welcoming Grief: how do you want to die?
Inviting Pain & Welcoming Grief: how do you want to die? Grief requires us to acknowledge and surrender to our throbbing, it is easy to have contempt [...]
A Goodbye to My Sister
My sweet sister-in-law Julie Mcgill Bauman died today one year ago. I remember holding her hand laying by her bedside while she was on life support. When [...]
Gun Reform VS. Self Reform: Engaging Violence within & without
Gun Reform VS. Self-Reform Engaging Violence within & without By Andrew J. Bauman “He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They [...]
Self- Contempt as Addiction: “Hello my name is Andrew and I hate myself”
Self- Contempt as Addiction: "Hello my name is Andrew and I hate myself" By Andrew Bauman “And God said “Love Your Enemy,” and I obeyed him and [...]
Be With Me: a poem of accompaniment
I wrote the poem below during a dark season of anguish and yearning for people to hold my broken heart responsibly. Most times noble hearted people with [...]