merry christmas angels

Whose are you God? I am hers. She. The one who wants to be raped. Beaten. Pillaged. She does not want a man to make love to her. No. She wants to be screwed. It ain’t pretty. It ain’t romantic. It does not feel good. It does not need to. These are blurred lines. He […]

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When I read Hollywood Housewife’s recent post, I Don’t Believe in God I pridefully thought, “whew. I’m so glad that isn’t me.”  (No hate, shame or judgement toward Laura. I own my judgy-pride issues). That post made me think for a good 3-4 days. I SO appreciated her honesty.  I appreciated the idea that we can […]

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Nightmares_in_dreams

I have nightmares. I can gauge the rawness of the dream by how long it takes to feel like my normal self again. A garish nightmare will take days, maybe even a week to work through.  A bad nightmare may take  half a day at least.  A bad dream, maybe 2-4 hours.  Something someone else […]

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I read my friend, Sarah Bessey’s beautiful words’s the other day and wept.  Ten minutes later I’d written the following response. //// “I’m the one who gets on your nerves, the one you wish would go away, I know. Maybe I embarrass you. Maybe I worry you. Maybe I anger you. Maybe it’s a bit […]

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I was sitting there at the bar in a ritzy Manhattan hotel when he walked in.  He smiled at me.  I literally turned around.  He’s smiling at the glamazon that must be seated behind me because I am wearing grey skinny jeans, a bright red t-shirt that reads “EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT MY BLOG,” & red […]

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2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 4

I’m back y’all!  I can’t wait to share more of what this little 6 week break has done for my tender bloggy heart, but I am definitely not going anywhere.  For now, I’m guest posting over at my friend Micah’s blog, Redemption Pictures.  Today, I’m sharing my own picture of redemption.  More like a glimpse […]

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SpiritualAbuseWeek

  It’s Spiritual Abuse Awareness week on the interwebs. I’m honored to be writing a small piece of my abuse & healing journey this week on Rachel Held Evans’ blog. as a part of a bigger group of bloggers seeking to bring awareness to spiritual & other abuses. Things have been a bit quiet here on […]

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This is a bit of a part 2 to my last post about my day in court…or maybe it’s a part 12 who knows?  It’s more of my story, and I’m still trying to figure out how it all fits together. ~ I went to that prison hoping for something, longing for something that was […]

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