I have been struggling to say the least. You may have noticed I have not been posting lately? Part of me felt it was selfish to post about her upcoming birthday with all that is going on in the world. And then the mama part of me could not let another birthday pass without acknowledging it…
Continue readingTag Archives: PTSD
Distractions via surgery and fireworks
It is new years day, 2020, and a helluva couple of weeks.
Continue readingCaramel sauce
What’s in a title you may ask? Well, for starters, a picture of a successful batch of caramel.
Continue readingIt’s been awhile
It never ceases to amaze me how time flies by…
Continue reading“Trauma body” response – losing my second daughter
I don’t know why it surprises me anymore. Really. I just need to accept that this is part of my fabric and can come when I least expect it.
Continue readingMy brain on depression
You have all heard the expression, you are your own worst enemy. I have always been that, but since Jesse and Bella died, at times, it is exponentially worse.
Continue readingA real break from it all
Traveling has always made my heart sing, ever since I was young. I never realized I liked history until I went to Spain for the first time, it gave me a different appreciation of culture and history that we just don’t have here as much. Now, travel is a chance for my brain and body to rest from the trauma, as I was reminded during our honeymoon to Greece.
Continue readingBody/mind hijack
I had a plan for writing today for today, but as with life, my body and mind have other ideas.
Continue readingFinding beauty within the pain
The dreaded marker of five years has come and gone.
Continue readingFive F*^&ing Years
It is completely surreal to me that it has been this long…
Continue reading