She Found Her Wings

I remember what would have been my five year anniversary with Sam. I had planned a 5 year party. It would celebrate our coming out the other side of our struggles together. But there was no party. Instead I was alone in a empty house. We were going through a nasty divorce and I was an emotional wreck. I was hurting more than...

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When I was a kid I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a professional dancer. I had the teachers behind me telling me I could do it. My life was planned in my head. But when I developed juvenile bunions that all changed. My Dr said I had to stop dancing. I refused. All dancers had feet problems and...

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One of my best friends had a baby girl just a few months before I had Peyton. We had plans of doing all the little girl things together with our princesses. Harleigh was diagnosed with Zellweger Syndrome soon after she was born. She was only with us for 5 months and 5 days.  When I heard what she was being diagnosed with I...

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I have struggled hard with this post. I'm not sure how much is to much to share because I want this blog to be completely anonymous. It's not about hurting someone else's reputation, but about sharing my experiences in hopes others who are hurting alone will talk to someone and get the help they need. I have been working on this one for...

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Dear friend going through a difficult divorce, I understand what you are going through. I know how you feel. Details might look different on the outside. But deep down, it's the same hurt and devastation no one understands unless they have gone through a divorce. I get it. Since I can't do anything to make it easier, hopefully it is comforting to know...

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Last night at the event I helped coordinate for domestic violence awareness and to offer free counseling. One of the speakers was the judge who granted me my divorce. (I wrote about him in my post D-day part 2) He was a nice old man who said his wife always gets on to him for sounding mean and cynical. But he honestly doesn't...

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I had a blog post I was working on. But I couldn't wrap it up. Or put the thoughts I had in my mind to print. Jason read it and felt it was a repeat of other posts (it's a lot of details about how guys take advantage of girls without even realizing it. An important topic I need to work on more)....

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