Dear younger me,
It was not fair, the things life handed to you. You witnessed tragedies that I strive to protect our children from. You cried silently as you watched domestic violence all around you. Wishing you were big enough, strong enough to make it stop. Chaos engulfed you and created your broken childhood.
You longed for a father to love…read more

The door the the past is shut, bolted shut to keep the memories from escaping, lingering behind like a faint whisper. A new beginning has begun. Sobriety, love, peace. This chapter is called finding myself. The past is no more, old lovers, old emotions, old habits die today with a life I now do not know.
I creep out of the shadows, the…read more

An experience that changed my life for the better was making the decision to get sober. My life was out of control, my mental health was suffering the worst it has ever been. I was failing as a mother, wife and daughter. I took a look at my life and was disappointed in what I saw. I was choosing buying substances over buying medicine, food, and…read more