domestic violence awareness
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Dissonance & disassociation
Healing comes with no warning label explaining how painful and uncomfortable the journey is going to be. I knew processing my past was never going to be easy, especially considering my years of avoidance, but I wasn’t prepared for the unpredictable highs and lows I’m experiencing. Some days I feel empowered, emboldened, and excited for…
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Borrowed Time
Gratitude can be hard to come by. There’s so much that can be taken for granted when we are far enough removed from a situation or experience to the point that we can easily compartmentalize things and bury them away like unwanted trinkets in the attic. Sometimes even what’s unwanted can’t leave us. It lingers.…
Survival of the ILLEST 