My brother took his life in 2009, he had finally had enough of the noise running through his head. He’d spent his whole life protecting me from the pain he’d endured without knowing I suffered as well. Since his passing I’ve learned the truth about the trauma he endured. I was traumatized too but because... Continue Reading →
Today is September 17, 2023. Today would have been my parents 52nd wedding anniversary had they stayed married. I was unaware about the date of their marriage as they divorced when I was 4 but was informed about it in 1994, by my dad when I picked my wedding date for my first marriage which... Continue Reading →
As an adult child of toxic parents, the best advice I could give another person would be to look at others as they are, not how you wish they would be. As children we tend to put our parents on pedestals and dismiss every toxic behavior they have, because we are taught at an early... Continue Reading →
It appears I’m no longer motivated to write, I want to write, I want to share my thoughts but I don’t because I seem to be just as toxic as the world I complain about so I don’t because it makes me seem like a hypocrite. I’ve had a lot of weird things happen that... Continue Reading →
It’s my anniversary...... it’s not really but somewhere around this time between the last few weeks of April to the beginning of May I had my last drink. It was on a Saturday 3 years ago, my youngest and I stopped at Texas Roadhouse for Mother’s Day lunch. It was not Mother’s Day but it... Continue Reading →
Titled appropriately as great descriptions of myself from myself. Oh, don’t try to tell me I’m not all of those things because I know I am. I have a rare personality which makes me appear to be all of those things to those who don’t know me, I used nice terms compared to what I’ve... Continue Reading →
It’s a hard day for me today. No special meaning to the date that I can think of, I’m just struggling with life. I’m sure I am not the only one. I read about it all the time on social media. After almost a two year hiatus I created a Facebook account, after three weeks... Continue Reading →
"Humility True humility is to recognize your value and others value while looking up. It is to see there is far greater than ourself into who we can become, who others can become, and how much more we can do and be. To be humble is to serve others and be for their good as well as your own... Continue Reading →
As I sit here on this beautiful Sunday evening I have been reflecting on all the good I have going on in my life. My oldest child married his best friend last Friday, both of my other children are moving in with me (One is already here the other is coming within a week) and... Continue Reading →
I was skimming through my older posts earlier and noticed this one that I re-posted about Facebook and I think I am ready to write about ditching my Facebook account now and what eliminating it did for my mental health. If you'd like to read my original post along with my small update from a... Continue Reading →
My Life, My Story 