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My fiance has a blog called "Struggling to Smile".  It chronicles his journey with depression. What I like most about his blog is his courage to turn his life around.  He was only diagnosed with depression in his late forties.   Most men of this age wouldn't be comfortable with diagnosis.  For my Andrew, it was like a light turned on for him in a very dark room.   He immediately saw things more clearly in his life What I like least about his blog is that he doesn't give me enough credit for the positive role I have played in his life !!   Just kidding !!  Andrew has done an amazing amount of work.  He has done so many things to live positively with depression.  I am so proud of him, but it definitely his journey and not mine.   One of the things that he found most helpful was going public and telling his world that he had depression.  What a difference that has made.  He named his blog "Struggling to Smile" beca...