Reclaiming My Home and Myself
Time is a strange and illusive thing. A year ago, all I could feel was death and loss. My heart was breaking because I thought divorce was the worst thing that could ever happened to me. I had committed my life to someone. I had given him my heart and it wasn't working out. I [...]
I learned a new word the other day! Hygge. It's a Danish word and it's pronounced Hoo-Guh. It means a quality of coziness and comfort that brings a feeling of contentment or well-being. It's a feeling of safety. A feeling of home. It's the early mornings when you're all alone, the house is quiet and [...]
We're approaching the one year anniversary of the day my ex fully and finally called it quits on our marriage. We had been separated for nearly 6 months, and while it wasn't necessarily surprising, it was still one of the worst days of my life. I knew in my gut that the best option for [...]
I'm a big "journaler". I've been this way all my life. Ever since I could put together a sentence I've been writing about my feelings. So it's no surprise that I journaled all the way though my separation and divorce. It's how I process things. It's how I cope. It's a huge part of who [...]
Christmas has always been a challenging holiday for me. Being a kid with divorced parents and a set of divorced grandparents, Christmas day was a nauseating whirlwind of family gatherings. I say nauseating because I was expected to eat a full plate of food at every party - and here in the south, it is [...]
