More lies we tell ourselves

I'm struggling to write today, not because I have writer's block, in fact its the opposite. I have so much to say that I don't even know where to begin. Today my rapist was given more paperwork, but this paperwork was different. This paperwork was the next step in setting a date for trial...Keith Alan …

Remember that woman…

Remember that woman?  The one you met and made feel so special? Remember the weeks and months you spent courting her in the beginning? Remember all the late night turned early morning phone calls that you spent sharing your hopes, dreams and fears? Remember all the times she came up and helped you? more times …

DETERMINED to change the world…

I am so close to reaching a personal goal that I set for myself when writing this book. I need to sell THREE more copies to reach it... Have you ever loved someone who set course to destroy you? Have you ever given so much of yourself to another person only to have them abuse …

Wanderlust

#travel junkies, why not hang this #flag from your #RV, #campervan or #tent the next time you're out #Exploring your #wanderlust ?? Show the #world you're following your #DREAMS #traveling #Wanderers #adventuretravel #adventure #alwaysfollowyourheart #travelblogging   https://lnkd.in/ggEHiTT

It’s been a while.

It's been a while since I opened up and told anyone how I was really feeling inside. Today I took that leap and spoke with my therapist about how it feels to be a victim/survivor of rape. And because it is what I am dealing with right now I decided I would let you take …

have you ever…

Have you ever loved someone who destroyed you? someone who broke you? someone who #cheated on you? someone who #betrayed you? I have.  And I have learned how to move #empowered into my future through #forgiveness.  Let me show you how... if I can #forgive the horrors that have happened to me, anyone can! #takeachance #forgiveness #empower #howto #author  Available on Amazon! https://lnkd.in/egqzfah

Lies we tell ourselves…

Sitting in my bathtub I contemplate how much bleach it would take and how long I would have to vigorously scrub my skin to get the feeling of him off of me. And logic snakes its way into my thoughts and tells me the answer I already know, which is all the bleach in the …

Paragraphs Lost

My interview with Tim Hewitt of Paragraphs Lost is now live!!   Enjoy some god awful #highschool #poetry by yours truly and listen in as I describe with agonizing clarity the details of my unrequited love in high school!   #paragraphslost was such a fun experience! What are your most embarrassing high school memories!??!!   …

Waiting to exhale

There are moments when the breath you draw holds for a pause at the top of your inhale and you allow yourself to breathe and fill the spaces that you've kept closed off and things seem brighter. Yesterday that moment came for me as I was waiting anxiously for the last and final HIV and …

11:11

I once told him that he was every single wish I had ever made on every single shooting star as far back as I could remember. No pressure right? Of course he countered and told me that I was perfectly, painfully scarily fantastic on so many levels and was the woman he should have been …