Everyday We Get to Choose
Everyday we get to choose. And maybe some days it doesn’t feel like a choice. Some days it just feels like surviving. Like limping. Like you have no idea how you got here. My choice of how my life was…
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Why Now?
Why tell your story now? I think the only way to make change happen is to first start with awareness. People who have experienced trauma need to know they aren’t alone. That they aren’t “crazy” especially coming from someone who…
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Maybe This is For You
I’m not sure who needs to hear this but if you were praying for a sign or hope or just something, anything – then this is for you… It wasn’t just one day I woke up and everything changed. It…
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He Didn’t Hit Me… but…
He didn’t hit me but… he threw a side table across the room and broke it. He didn’t hit me but… I feared for my life almost every day. He didn’t hit me but… he did throw things in anger…
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I Would Be Proud
8-year-old me would be proud that I no longer have a relationship with the person who abused me. 10-year-old me would be proud that I found my voice and speak my truth. 13-year-old me would be proud that I’m doing…
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Family | Inspiration | Writing
Forever Your Sunshine
Our lives are like legos, sometimes at first things can seem like a mess and everything is in pieces. Some pieces look pretty on their own, some seem like they don’t make any sense and others you have no idea…
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Sometimes You Just Can’t Even Imagine
There have been times where it’s been hard for family and friends of mine to imagine that I was going through abuse as a child. “You seemed so happy”, “you seemed fine”, “you never told me”, “you always kept to…
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September 22 – An Adventure
When I tell you I saw the most magical place I’ve ever laid my eyes on tonight I freaking mean it! Today I am truly thankful for the magical place that is Taft Point in Yosemite National Park. This was…
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August 30 – Lotus Tattoo!
Ya girl here got a new tattoo today! I’ve had this planned out in my head and in the notes on my phone for years now haha just some small revisions but mostly it’s all been planned out. So today…
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August 29 – Wind & Wildflowers
Today I’m thankful for travel to Ohio, views. Taking a moment every day to write about something I’m thankful for has changed my mindset to appreciate things around me in my life a lot more instead of thinking about the…
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August 28 – Fellowship Night
Once a month my Wednesday night women’s church small group does a fellowship night where we just spend time together doing something fun. Tonight we went over to Diane’s house and hung out on her beautiful closed in porch –…
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August 25 – Well That Was a Bust
Today I planned on going to a sunflower field and taking some pictures. Technically I did go to the sunflower field but it ended up being a bust because they were behind a big fence and I couldn’t figure out…
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August 24 – Barge Together!
Today our group went canoeing/rafting! After many years of this tradition we have it down to a science – bungee cords to barge together, snack cooler, cold drinks and super soaker squirt guns. We go camping and canoeing in Ohio…
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August 23 – Glamping
This weekend is our annual family/friends camping and canoeing weekend! I’m the 11th wheel of 5 sets of couples and lucky for me I don’t have a camper so I get to stay in the luxury camper with one of…
