Depression Ain’t No Joke.

August 30, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m honored to be alive. I’m humbled that God would spare my life. I was a preteen convinced that suicide was my only way out. I couldn’t see any other option. I was broken and depleted. I was suffering in silence. Depression was consuming me at a rapid pace and no one knew. If I’d […]

Why Choose Hope and Healing?

August 20, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Why even try to heal from trauma and abuse? I get it. It’s hard work and it takes a lot of time. It takes being completely committed to self and personal well-being. It requires one to be okay with being uncomfortable, sometimes unsure, and perhaps the bad guy to your abuser(s). I want hope and […]

Introducing Hope

July 23, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Since I was a girl, I’ve struggled with depression and chronic illness. I was tender, easily-wounded, and obsessed with gaining (and hearing) approval from the ones I loved. I didn’t understand that their inability to express approval didn’t mean that I wasn’t good enough. After experiencing domestic violence in my adult years, completely losing all […]

I’m Coming Out!!

July 16, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Heyyy!!! It feels good to still be on my journey of hope and healing. It feels good to be emerging from the hole I’ve been in, too. My life has been bumpy but at least I can feel. I’ve been numb before and that is far worse.

I Want Out! It’s Dark in this Hole.

June 19, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m at that place again. Realizing that I’ve been in a hole and that I have to get out. I’m in the process of a total restart. Tired. Physically in a lot of pain with very few pain-relief options in sight. Emotionally distraught. I’ve been through the ringer. It’s unbelievable how quickly life can change […]