Even if we got it, we’d argue with it. Think about it- someone does something to you that hurts you. They lie. They cheat. They break up with you. They blame you. Whatever it is. Here’s why you wouldn’t accept it even if they gave it to you: because it…

I left everything except my girls’ necessities, some pots and pans, an instant pot, and my wedding rings that day. To be more specific, I had about 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants, my hiking boots, my keens, and a couple pairs of tennis shoes. All of my childhood…

From the time I had my first diary, I’ve remained an open book. I used to write about ALL of my feelings and experiences in my diary and I never really felt I had to hide it. I think as a teenager, it was more of an effort to feel…

I’d been on Adderall for about a year before I went to jail. I went to jail for the dumbest reason- I was driving with expired registration for my car for a LONG time. I chocked it up to the fact that I was getting a divorce and I just……

As I sat in my mother’s apartment, just having left my husband with the sober realization that divorce was on the horizon, I wondered if I’d ever trust myself again. Could I really ever trust myself with men? My life has been full of crappy relationship stories, but this one…

For some reason, this is the more difficult blog post to write, in spite of the vomiting of vulnerability you may have experienced from me for months now. I’m sitting in my room, after a full Sunday of cleaning and laying low with my daughters. They’ve been amazing today- with…

I used to think I did, before my counselor called me on it one day. She said, “I don’t even think you like yourself, let alone, love yourself.” “What the hell?!” I thought as we walked around the square of my hometown. I’d just gotten finished with my sob story…

Today’s my mediation day for my divorce. The divorce from a marriage that took all of 7 weeks to begin and end with a bang. It’s got me feeling really reflective, obvs. So I woke up this morning at about 5:30am, looked at puppies for adoption from the Atlanta Humane…

Life is hard as a single parent. Although they exist, it’s very rare to come across someone who has deliberately chosen to enter motherhood or fatherhood alone. In most cases, single parenthood is thrust upon us the way Mother Nature presents a hurricane. You get like 2.5 …