RIP, Mom

December 17, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

She was complicated. I could put a lot of adjectives to describe her. Some more bad than good. But for now, I will sit with all the good moments and memories I had with her and the good things I learned from her. She influenced my life so much and I let her know a […]

Go home little bird go home

November 19, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

Go home little bird go home. Your place is now up in the sky with your loved ones that await you. Go home and release all your cries. Your pain went beyond your wings. You’ll never recognize the damage that’s been done. I’ve been told you were difficult even when you were young. All I’ve […]

Letter To My Sisters

February 9, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

To all my sisters and all the darling sisters of sisters who feel the same way about their sisters. Dear Sister,I love you so much.I wish I could give you everything you deserve.I wish I could take away all the turmoil, that your body and soul searches to get rid of.I wish you could’ve had […]

Letter to my Rapist

May 26, 2021.Reading time 24 minutes.

It wasn’t until recently that I came to realize how my rape truly affected me. At the age of 16, I lost my virginity to being raped. I never before realized how for decades, this act plagued me, and my encounters and involvements with men. I minimized the violation, to being passed out for most […]

Memories through a Photograph – Innocence Lost

March 18, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Every once in a while I come across this picture. I have a few pictures from this night in 1986. I always had a camera handy to capture anything and everything. I’ve probably captured too many memories that most would like to forget. But, the more times that I have come across this image, I […]

The Aftermath

September 29, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Grief, Sex, and Love After Matt passed, almost nine years ago, I thankfully was unemployed. I would have never been able to work after he died. It was hard enough to get my son to school; it was a 20+ minute drive from where we lived. I wasn’t able to sleep. I’d sit up in […]

Relationship Problems of an ACoA

September 14, 2020.Reading time 16 minutes.

Being an adult child of an alcoholic can be multifaceted. Why did my mom become an alcoholic? I’m not sure that anyone can say that there is just one thing that makes someone an addict. I believe it is a number of things. As far as the character of defects she had were – insecurities […]

It’s been a while. Hello again!

September 7, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

It’s been a while since I have written a post. I think sometimes I stay away from writing. But, writing to me is usually therapeutic and perhaps I haven’t wanted to reach deep or possibly I haven’t felt okay with being so vulnerable. But, as most of my writing happens, I felt an urge to […]

Book Giveaway

November 28, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

Just in time for the holidays – enter to win 1 of 2 signed copies of Evolving to Grace. Evolving to Grace is a memoir about perseverance, strength, spiritual evolution, and the choices one must make to change one’s path. I share my life’s experiences, my journey—finding my way out of darkness—discovering hope, positivity, strength, […]