One beautiful afternoon I was laying in the yard enjoying the beauty when I felt something wiggle under my leg. I froze, trying to think...

... a dead tree branch just randomly broke off in the neighbors yard. There was no wind...

No, I didn't actually leave my body. But my focus did... The last several weeks I've been consumed with clearing out clutter and things...

Last night I unfollowed a number of people on social media because I cannot handle the pain of the events that they share. For a while...

I am so proud of myself. I never dreamed I'd be able to do as much as I have in the last several days. All of a sudden it looks fun and...

I've been trying to sit with the memories and pain but I was also afraid I was retraumatizing myself so this morning I wanted to try to...

Some of you know that my car has been on its last leg the last month and that I have no way of replacing it when it quits. If you have...

A bit ago I was thinking about perfectionism and the role it has played in my life. I remember different people throughout my life...

This is just an impromptu post because I'm trying to process where I'm at with religion, Christianity in particular...I want to talk about it but this is about the safest space I can think of to try to put my thoughts into words without them just staying stuck inside of me. I'm putting myself out there, and in a way risking myself, to put this out like this. I had someone tell me that the sad part of deconstruction is that people often walk away from Jesus. I don't intend to

The other day I was looking for hairspray to use for a project after I got done with my shift. At first I got a big bottle of the shelf...

At my job we get a free turkey for Thanksgiving. When I was getting mine my manager said that if I don't have plans that I am welcome to...

I am a bit hesitant to share all this stuff because I have experienced people who call themselves christians to lash out or try to tell...

I haven't been writing much lately because I've been so exhausted and haven't had the energy to really even do fun things. And worrying...

If you have been following my story lately you may have heard that I was in the shelter for 7 months...it really took me for a loop...

TW: Child Sexual Abuse I haven't been writing much lately. I've been wanting to but the words inside my head are just all jumbled and my...

On Sunday night I had an individual slip into my DMs implying that she's doing well but that I'm not because I'm not trying hard enough....

Last night in therapy I went to a place I wasn't planning to go. A place that seemed so far away and yet so similar to my current situation. A few of you may remember me from that time...

In February I felt that maybe I'd be out of the shelter by the end of the month. (But that was false)I planned that I would spend March...

Warning: this is a really raw post. Read at your own risk...

It was just such a straight out-of-the-blue question that even if something was or had happened that I remembered, I don't think I'd have