A lifetime captured in one snapshot I wish I could show you. I really really do. I am still debating about if I could or should. It was a photo of our wedding day. It was taken after we were pronounced man and wife. It was candid. We were walking…

It was another way to devalue me. Sex with my ex. I know- it rhymes. But this was during the marriage. Sex did not happed after I got away from him. And the percentage of “the act” per time married is very low. The entirety of the subject is much more complex. I didn’t…

You’re captivated by him. I know. Julie: I know how exciting it must feel to have met this new person. He seems polite, gentle and attentive. You are hearing how much I hurt him and that I am the cause of an array of issues with his children. And the…

what do you know of love who has love who knows how to find it the highs and lows who knows when it’s gone dive straight in that hit that addiction is the drug we need I see you are still in the ring takin’ the punches are you thinking ‘if only’ then…

another knockout punch of a toxic family system Sometime after my stepdad (Karl) crossed over to the other side, I began to receive a series of legal documents in the mail. The first one was a copy of his will. It was his intentions for what to do with all…

love you could not grasp cold hearted man hollow carcass a rock would love me more could never make you love me contorted myself to prove I could no connection with you so what did I break but me I couldn’t hold your attention it wasn’t me that didn’t measure…

I thought I was helping my neighbor *names changed to protect the innocent The first time I helped Chris, he said it was urgent. He said his cousin’s child was sick and he needed to run some medicine over to him. I saw his text and replied, ok my daughter…

Bright bursts of sunlit blooms in a black pot on my patio others dug into soil in the ground fluffy tailed creatures climbing into my strawberry planter digging, chewing and uprooting no berries this season but one green plant remains the wild things usually would not leave any berries for…

harassment, bullying, stalking and the evil of control addiction *trigger warning: words expressing abuse, killing At the end of the divorce process, my attorney informed me that my soon to be ex, has the right to live his life without my interference. It seemed halting to me. …