I was pulling up to a stop sign, headed to the store for last minute items, when I saw what I thought at first was a child rounding the corner. Her hair, a dark red, was curly and sort of flipped over to one side. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it…
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A well-worn stuffed cat… and a blue elephant
Turning points in life are so quiet… unannounced, they tiptoe into our every day lives with little fanfare and sometimes accompanied by the most normal of things… a mom, nagging her son to clean his room… only to find at the end of the day he took all his cherished stuffed friends from childhood and…
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All that Valentines day has to offer…
Happy Valentines day my lovelies. If you, like me, have spent decades navigating an emotionally (and physically) abusive relationship, today can be really. really. really hard. Today is a day where, in full transparency, we (as humans, not women or men) are supposed to remember the sacrifices of St. Valentine (who was tortured and beheaded…
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She is us. We are her. It’s… so wrong
I was pulling up to a stop sign, headed to the store for last minute items, when I saw what I thought at first was a child rounding the corner. Her hair, a dark red, was curly and sort of flipped over to one side. At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it…
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A well-worn stuffed cat… and a blue elephant
Turning points in life are so quiet… unannounced, they tiptoe into our every day lives with little fanfare and sometimes accompanied by the most normal of things… a mom, nagging her son to clean his room… only to find at the end of the day he took all his cherished stuffed friends from childhood and…
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All that Valentines day has to offer…
Happy Valentines day my lovelies. If you, like me, have spent decades navigating an emotionally (and physically) abusive relationship, today can be really. really. really hard. Today is a day where, in full transparency, we (as humans, not women or men) are supposed to remember the sacrifices of St. Valentine (who was tortured and beheaded…