Today has been one of those days. One of those days we’ve looked forward to for months, only to have a bunch of imperfect humans smash the anticipation with the reality that packing for camping is THE WORST. We’re heading to Tony Grove, one of my favorite places in the world. I grew up camping […]
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I recently came across a journal entry I wrote back in 2021. It was raw, unfiltered, and painfully honest. I won’t share it all, but here are a few lines to give you a glimpse of where I was at the time: “In the past, all sex was was me being raped, day after day
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Here’s the truth about having abuse in your past: Simply put, it’s heavy. There are far too many days that feel impossible. Days that I can’t help but break down and cry because I feel like I’m beyond repair. I feel so shattered and screwed up that trying to do anything more than just survives
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Last week I had the incredible opportunity to attend The Haven Retreat, which is put on by The Younique Foundation. It’s specifically for adult women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. I want to start off by saying that The Younique Foundation did not in any way shape or form ask me to write about
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One night at work, my coworkers and I were sharing crazy stories about our partners/spouses and I shared a very ‘edited’ version of the chip story. (Click here for the full story) They all kinda laughed until I mentioned that he was furious and didn’t talk to me for the rest of the night when
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Journal Entry: October 12, 2010 I really don’t know if I can take this anymore? I feel like he’s looking for any excuse to be mad at me. Today I’m babysitting and he was going to come help me after he got home from work at 8:30 but I got a call at about 8:15
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Journal Entry: September 2010 MY LIFE IS SO BORING! I hate looking at everyone’s status about how fun college life is and how much they love their roomies. Don’t get me wrong, I love my roomie 😉 but it gets pretty boring around here by myself. He kinda makes me sad a lot too. Sometimes
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I have a perfect life. No, really I do. I am honestly and truly married to the best man on earth who treats me like a queen, I have two beautiful healthy children, we are financially secure, and there are no crisis’ going on in my life right now, big or small. Isn’t that wonderful??
