It has been hard work over the years to face the darkness and pain inside of me. It doesn't seem to get easier except I find myself more...

Last night I unfollowed a number of people on social media because I cannot handle the pain of the events that they share. For a while...

I am so proud of myself. I never dreamed I'd be able to do as much as I have in the last several days. All of a sudden it looks fun and...

I am so happy! It's been a crazy week with all the decisions, sleepless nights, and all the beautiful things that have been happening...

I've been trying to sit with the memories and pain but I was also afraid I was retraumatizing myself so this morning I wanted to try to...

It is late but this memory has been weighing heavily on my mind since it came to the forefront last night. I have no idea what triggered...

Some of you know that my car has been on its last leg the last month and that I have no way of replacing it when it quits. If you have...

A bit ago I was thinking about perfectionism and the role it has played in my life. I remember different people throughout my life...

The other day I was looking for hairspray to use for a project after I got done with my shift. At first I got a big bottle of the shelf...

Just a simple picture but there is so much depth in its layers... There's a part of me that has been coming to the surface a lot in the...

A week ago I was finally able to get back into doing inner healing work. I was scared because it felt like it has been so long since I...

Yesterday was the third time that I spent time with Rose, my therapy horse. She is brown all over with a big round belly. Last week when...

If you have been following my story lately you may have heard that I was in the shelter for 7 months...it really took me for a loop...

TW: Child Sexual Abuse I haven't been writing much lately. I've been wanting to but the words inside my head are just all jumbled and my...

On Sunday night I had an individual slip into my DMs implying that she's doing well but that I'm not because I'm not trying hard enough....

Last night in therapy I went to a place I wasn't planning to go. A place that seemed so far away and yet so similar to my current...

In February I felt that maybe I'd be out of the shelter by the end of the month. (But that was false)I planned that I would spend March...

Today I was thinking about that question. A few days ago I was asked when the exhaustion started. When I first felt it.

Warning: this is a really raw post. Read at your own risk...

It was just such a straight out-of-the-blue question that even if something was or had happened that I remembered, I don't think I'd have