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A space for women rebuilding after trauma and emotional abuse. Honest writing on self trust, boundaries, identity, nervous system healing, and reclaiming your voice and personal power.
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I Thought I Wasted 16 Months (opens the original)
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I have been back at work for a month.And almost every Sunday, the same thought finds me.Another week went by and I didn’t write.Writing is never really off my mind. I think about the articles I want to write, the stories I still want to tell, Voice After Violence and everything I want it to become.But my days look different now.I’m up early. I have to be ready to work by 7. I work eight hours, commute home, figure out dinner, cook, take Harper to activities or appointments, do laundry, pack lunc
I Forgot About the Little Girl Who Felt Safe (opens the original)
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A few nights ago, I found a journal entry I had written to my eight-year-old self.I had completely forgotten about it.As I started reading, I expected to remember the hard things.The mistakes.The pain.The years I spent surviving.Instead, I found page after page that began with the same two words.I remember.I remember being tucked into bed like little burritos.Safe.I remember lightning bugs in mason jars.Running barefoot through the backyard before summer storms.Drinking from the garden hose beca
The First Sound I Heard Every Fourth of July (opens the original)
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Content note: This essay discusses domestic abuse, alcohol misuse, and the emotional impact holidays can have on survivors.Everyone is excited about today.The Fourth of July.Fireworks.Barbecues.Family.Celebration.I’m excited too, because today is my oldest child’s birthday.But every year around this time, I remember a different sound.The crack of his first Bud Light.I hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet.I hadn’t taken my first sip of coffee.I’d hear that can open downstairs, sit straight up in bed
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