In Memory of the Soldiers: Suicide Victims

June 5, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Every time I hear that someone has ended their life, I get so emotional. It evokes so many memories. I remember so clearly my fight with suicide. I was losing the fight. I had nothing left. I had decided that death was my only escape from the trauma and depression that I faced for years. […]

Confessions: Before I Became MsMissy

March 14, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

If this is your first time reading my blog (or your 50th), I need you to know that I am so blessed — I’m a miracle. I’ve come a long way in a short amount of time. In some ways, I’m still on my journey of hope and healing. Recovery is a process and it […]

MsMissy Speaks: Depression

September 23, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’ve been in a battle since I was 8 years old. For a long time I was losing. I took blow after blow until my will to live was destroyed. I was silenced by my pain and feelings of being less than. I turned to relationships for hope and escape. I put all my heart […]

The Gift of Life

February 2, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

I should be dead. It’s really that simple. By the time I was 14, I had been depressed, suicidal, participated in risky behavior, almost drowned and was grabbed seconds before being run down by a speeding SUV. The fact that I’m alive is both a miracle and a blessing. I’m convinced that I am here […]

Can’t Put Your Finger on It?

December 7, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

One of the things that touches me the most is that so many people don’t realize how much they need help and healing. I didn’t realize that I was broken and needed help. I knew that something wasn’t right in my life. I knew that I wasn’t happy; but I didn’t know why. I couldn’t put my finger on the source. It […]