If you love someone who’s healing from a toxic, abusive relationship, please remember: patience is everything. When your partner carries scars from their past, love can feel complicated. Sometimes they flinch at kindness, second-guess your intentions, or need reassurance for things that seem sim

Tomorrow will be 1 month we’ve been moved into our new house. It’s been full of so much happiness and change and new routine. It hasn’t all been easy but we are adapting well. Baseball ended for Kyler. And Lindley has been everywhere she can with her friends living her best life this summer so far.

In 3 days our lives will completely change. As I took another load of things to the new house today I was just completely overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with how much stuff is everywhere. Overwhelmed with joy. Overwhelmed with just the sound of quiet. I’m feeling a lot of other feelings right now but I d

Staying in the environment that is triggering you is also ruining you. You can’t enjoy any moment because you are waiting for the downfall of when it turns into a nightmare that’s your reality. Even if in those moments nothing does happen… you’re taken back to the thoughts of when you didn’t feel t

Today you have the championship game in Hayden!!! I am so proud of you baby and how hard your team has battled this week!! You are all so deserving of this game today! I am so sorry I am having to miss it but I’m cheering you on from work my sweet baby. I love you very very much and I know last nig

Day 1 Feelings: Nothing about me was perfect during the 10 years of abuse. I don’t say that lightly. I shut down. I don’t communicate when screamed at or having someone being physical with me. But as much as that seems like one of the smaller imperfections keeping everything in can become really bi

After many years of abuse I’m ready to get back to journaling and writing like I used to love to so much… after so much is taken from you from someone that was supposed to truly care you don’t even know what to think/do when you are finally free. This account will be about healing in healthy ways a

As our new journey begins with now just us three. I am so thankful for you two. You’ve stayed by my side through good days and bad, hard days and easy, sad days and happy. I would not have had the motivation or push to make this happen without you two by my side. I’m forever thankful for you both a