If you've ever survived divorce, you know there are moments that don't make sense to anyone else. Moments so small they seem insignificant from the outside.

The ones we love most are often the ones who catch the shrapnel we are trying hardest to contain.

Breathing was hard- I had to consciously focus on opening my lungs so oxygen could enter them. I didn’t have words for this feeling. I just felt like I was suffocating.

What if injustice isn’t something we’re meant to solve… but something we’re meant to process?

My face was not pleasant; I crossed my arms and looked at the stupid big cross on the wall in front of me and thought, “How could You?”

I have a confession. There are certain years I simply cannot remember how old I am.

Healing from betrayal is not a straight line. It’s more like building a house of cards.

Tending changes things: quietly, steadily, and often before we notice it happening.

All I knew was that somewhere inside my marriage—quietly, gradually, and without warning—I began losing the ability to recognize faces. Not strangers. Not distant acquaintances. People I knew.

April 13 is my wedding anniversary. It isn’t my marriage anymore, but the date still holds significance.

The Purgatory Pit This photo was taken when I was in the heart of hell. I'm on the left. I barely recognize myself. In my mind I...

How do children react to parents navigating relational betrayal? The night my children's father and I informed our children he would be...

I saw something come across her face and she turned away from me.

3 year olds attempting soccer = absolute amusement. Putting 12-15 toddlers in an a vast, grassy field, providing them with a ball they...

We all regret something. I'm currently regretting the yard work I did Sunday. I unknowingly touched poison ivy causing an allergic...

Time to pull the cookies out of the oven. I haven't updated my court progress for a while because I succumbed to fears I'd taint my...

Monday, January 22, 2024, I went to court again. I can't actually remember how many times I have been to court over the past 5 years. ...

I got a God hug today. My mom left me a note on my counter from an old family friend of ours. During one of the gaps in my schedule, I...

2020: I landed in an unfamiliar airport and waited for 2 strangers to pick me up in a car to drive me to an unknown destination. Our 2...

My attorney sent me THE email: “SHE HAS SUBMITTED HER RESPONSE.” It has been exactly 122 days (or over 4 months) since our original...