The following blog posts are part of a series I started recently that talk about my struggles with unhealthy relationships, weight loss, starting over, marriage, step-parenting, infertility, pregnancy loss, unhealthy coping mechanisms, balancing work and home life, and more. I am sharing my story now in hopes that I will find some healing in the process, but I mostly want to help encourage someone else by sharing the real life tough stuff that a lot of people are afraid to talk about. I mentioned this previously, but if you’re new here, please know that my life is full of amazing goodness, too, even in the eye of the storm in these struggles, but for the purpose of this writing, I’m mostly focusing on the hard times… but keep reading! I am getting excited to share how I’ve learned to cope, what has given me balance, and some pretty great stuff that’s come out of the darkness. If you want to start from the beginning of my story, check out Back to the Real Me. If you’d like to see all of the blog posts I’ve written that cover a variety of subjects instead, you can find those on the Blog page.
Back to the Real Me
It occurred to me recently that most of my focus these past few years has been on getting rid of things…
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Reality Check
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning,…
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I Just Kept Driving
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning,…
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Simplicity isn’t just about having a minimalist home.
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning,…
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I Went to the Bar… A Lot.
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning,…
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My Hallmark Story
This story picks up from where I left off in my last post. If you want to start from the beginning,…
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Full Speed Ahead on the Hot Mess Express
This is a continuation of my story, which starts with me leaving my life in San Diego and going home to…
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Starting a Family
This is a continuation of my story, which starts with me leaving my life in San Diego and going home to…
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Never Giving Up
So here I am, a year and a half into my marriage, struggling with just about every aspect of my life,…
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Setting Boundaries
This post is part of a series I started a couple of months ago that talks about my struggles with unhealthy…
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Gazelle Intense
My first year of being a mama was enlightening. I felt like I finally had a purpose and something worthwhile to…
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Finding out about Prudence
This post took me longer to write than usual. I thought a lot about how I wanted to tell Prudence’s story,…
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From Someone Who’s Been There
If you or someone you know is going through pregnancy or infant loss, here a few things I would recommend that…
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Goodbye, Dream Home.
After Prudence died, my husband and I started planning a future together that prioritized what really mattered to us. We no…
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It was a “God Thing”
Before we were even ready to put our house on the market (see previous post), a realtor contacted us with an…
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Just Go with It
So now my husband, my toddler, my maltipoo, and myself are all living with my mother. The toddler kept my mom…
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And then, something crazy happened…
It has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember to travel as much as possible -…
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