Two and half years ago, I was more depressed than I had ever remembered being. This is perhaps a rather dramatic thing for me to say, considering no one had died and neither myself nor anyone close to me had sustained any life-changing injury or illness. Really, it was something almost trivial… but it brought me to my knees, all the same. For months, I whispered my prayers, asking for just a little bit of brightness at a time when happiness eluded me. The heartache and inescapable sadness I felt is something I can still remember to this day...   [...]