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FACEBOOK POST You Don’t Get to Use “I Provide” as a Weapon If he asked you to stay home… If he said, “I want you to raise the kids,” “It’s better if one of us is fully present,” “Don’t worry—I’ve got us”— Then no, he doesn’t get to turn around and use that as leverage.…

FACEBOOK POST Let them be upset. Let them judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you, Let them ignore you. Let them be "right." Let them doubt you. Let them not like you. Let them not speak to you. Let them run your name in the ground. Let them make you out…

FACEBOOK POST He was never going to tell you. You had to find out on your own. And that’s what hurts the most. Not the lie itself.. but the silence. The fact that he was willing to keep going like nothing ever happened. Smiling at you. Saying “I love you.” Letting you trust him, knowing…

FACEBOOK POST The damage is 100% irreversible. I unfortunately will never be same; I literally trust no one, I have zero self worth, zero self esteem, I’m in constant fight or flight mode, and thanks to a mental illness - I am fighting a battle daily against myself… “A man will look a woman dead&...

FACEBOOK POST It doesn't hurt me that you lied to me. It hurts me that you forced me to find out the truth on my own. That you looked me in the eyes while hiding what you knew would destroy me. That you have made me doubt my intuition, my feelings, my ability to trust…

So I realize that if I am going to take this "author/writer/blogger" seriously that I need to write - daily - if not more. And what's funny is I spend a lot of time lost in my own thoughts; writing mentally things I want to come here and share. But sometimes the emotions behind the…

Has there ever been a song that you can listen to and each time you hear it from a different perspective - or you can feel it from another standpoint than your own? Today YouTube was working its magic and played "Thinkin' Bout Me" by Morgan Wallen - only it was the lyrical version. I…

To the woman who had an affair with my husband*  I have gone back and forth for weeks now regarding addressing you and in what capacity would be best suited.  Since you have played victim, have lied, been vindictive, and are in need of validation of your role in this situation, I felt a letter&he...

I suppose it's time to do an introduction of sorts as to who the hell am I? As I typed I should let it be known that I wonder what my voice sounds like to you, as you read my entries - I like to consider myself an OG OD writer; I had my first…

I called my mom today and cried to her. We talked about heartbreak and the feeling of inadequacy. I told her how much the last month had been weighing down on me; how things at work weren't going well, I was was struggling to sleep because of my depression and PTSD and how every time…