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The quote in the photo could not ring more true for me and I am not sure that I even realized it was a trauma response. Taking a moment to think about it, I can definitely see that it is. I have always been a go go go person but in sobriety, I am usuallyContinue reading “That Unsettled Feeling”

All to often; I think something that has become all too familiar, is very hard to let go of. There is a certain comfort in the familiar. I find that when I am holding on to some behavior or aspect of the old me, I need to stop and ask myself why. What is itContinue reading “Sometimes Letting go is Hard”

I believe that most of us grew up thinking that if it was family, what they did or what they said was okay. I definitely had this belief for most of my life! What I came to learn; upon choosing healing and recovery, was that that was a dangerous belief. No one deserves to beContinue reading “Hard Choices”

Have you ever just felt a deep pain or sadness in your soul? Today was an especially difficult day for me. Many things going wrong and most due to the changes and challenges caused by the pandemic. I was able to sort most of it out but I realized that I just felt pained, deepContinue reading “Deep in the soul”

So a little bit about myself. I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. I have one brother , a year younger than me. Our parents divorced when I was in kindergarten and my father left the state. I never saw him again during my childhood. We were raised by my mother whom neverContinue reading “A little bit about me”

I bet like me, you are feeling like this Easter doesn’t even feel like a holiday. I know that I am missing making dinner for my six children and their spouses and my grandsons. Missing my family has made me take a look back. How many holidays over the years; during my darkness, where allContinue reading “Handling a holiday in isolation”

Writing my first blog post is both exhilarating and terrifying! I have long wanted to do it but continued to question “ who was I to blog?” I know who I am now! I’m a woman; a mother, who came out of the darkness and found true happiness and peace. I had help on thatContinue reading “First Post”