It’s been a long five weeks. Now, with the clarity that only comes from getting through a rough patch, I feel relieved to be in a quiet room alone with […]
Alone time
The solace I find in re-connecting with myself, whether it is found in the quiet of a slumbering house at dawn, a walk among the trees, or watching the sun slip behind […]
A Look at Healing
I want to live where soul meets body and let the sun wrap its arms around me, and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing, and feel what it’s […]
Birthday Wish
When I was little every time we drove by a hay truck I would make a wish, eyes closed tight, breath held, words uttered to myself almost as if […]
You are not alone
Even though decades have past since I left Derrick I still remember at a visceral level how alone I felt back then. The one thing I can say without […]
Stake a claim on your life
“The day I saw myself as a victor of my own life I ended my victimhood, there is life after domestic violence…claim it and make it your own.” -Elin Stebbins […]
laugh. cry. be.
A few months ago I was talking with my sister, I had shared with her some challenges I was wrestling with, after a 5 minute diatribe, my closing statement just […]
