I have healed greatly from a long marriage to an emotionally abusive husband, who passed away after mini-strokes and finally heart failure in 2009. He changed over the years because of poorly controlled diabetes and mini-strokes, which showed up on his brain MRI. For me, it was an eye-opening experience to finally understand bit by … More Are You Being Abused?
I shared this post from my experiences in surviving abuse and some lessons I learned. After I began to learn to protect myself energetically, mentally, and emotionally during the later years of my marriage, I began to understand the very fact and degree that I had been abused. Realizing that I had denied it far … More The Beginnings of Healing
My husband recovered from the stroke and could walk with a cane. Since he worked on a computer, not being able to walk a lot was not an issue for his return to work. Over the next few years, he gained a lot of weight, some of it from fluid in his legs, which became … More My Last Days As His Wife
A beacon in the darkness Finally, after about fifteen years, one friend suggested that I read, “Women Who Run With Wolves” By Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. As I read the book, I felt empowered and realized how I had given away everything that made me strong, independent, and “me.” (More about that later.) I began … More I Saw the Light (Part 2)
I finally awakened to the fact that I was a victim of spousal abuse and violence. My purpose in sharing these experiences is to hopefully help and encourage someone else to recognize that they are in an abusive relationship. There are emotional triggers in this post that might upset some. I am sharing some difficult … More I Saw the Light (Part1)
I am sharing some personal stories about my marriage and the changes that took place. I want to help someone else see themselves or their partner through my experiences in order to detect symptoms of abuse or domestic violence that might be present in their relationship. Somewhere between our fourth and eighth year of marriage, … More The Storm Clouds Gather
I am writing these posts in the hopes that it will help others be more aware of their relationships and behavior patterns and also to help someone possibly catch problems before they lose themselves or their lives. My Early Years My childhood was in a loving home with happily married parents. My family life was … More First Relationships Begin
When I was young, I had a lot of anxiety about doing the right thing or potential events that could happen. When you’re a teenager with all kinds of changes taking place in your body and brain, things can get a little crazy. You think you are in love with every handsome guy/or beautiful girl. … More Listen to Your Head and Heart
I have written a series of posts about my own experiences with domestic abuse and violence. In order to deal with some painful experiences in my adult life; and to increase my self-confidence and self-understanding, I decided first to write a letter to myself as a little girl. I wrote these several years ago for … More Letter To My Childhood Self
One day, years ago, I became saddened by the suffering of the planet and it’s people, our climate changes, the deaths of innocent animals as their environment changes; and everything seemed to be “going to hell in a handbag.” I thought about the fears and anxieties of the world’s sick or hungry; or those terrorized … More One Little Bird
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