Not okay

I'm not okay today. In fact, I haven't been okay for a few weeks, but the last six days in particular have been absolute hell. My depression seems to have grown exponentially and what I was once describing as a sleeping dog lately seems to have grown three heads and reminds me of Fluffy from …

The irony of my amazing life…

I watched the video I made titled "My Amazing Life" again for the first time in a long while and it shook me. There smack dab in the middle of my spoken word about the gratitude I felt for my life... was him. My rapist. I had to pause the video. I stared into the …

Award Announcement

I am so honored to be the recipient of the 2018 ArtsFest Literary Competition for Adult Poetry with my piece titled: Magic Dragon: https://christiepage808.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/dragon-kite/ The world needs more poets, there is beauty in pain and there is healing in beauty. Make your life a life of art and if you have to suffer, suffer beautifully. …

woman lost

To say I've gained a significant amount of weight since my rape on September 16, 2017 is a bit of an understatement. My story can be found here... https://christiepage808.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/sexual-assualt-in-the-military-an-open-letter-to-the-united-states-air-force-trigger-warning/ Originally when my raped happened I couldn't eat at all, but I also couldn't leave the sanctity of my house either. It was something I didn't …