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When You Have To Leave Your Safe Haven to Find Yourself

When You Have To Leave Your Safe Haven to Find Yourself

I was in a group discussion the other day and myself and another woman were talking about leaving our homes. Homes that we put blood, sweat, and tears into (literally). We both had different stories, but stood on such similar ground.

Though she had to leave her home of 20 years for reasons different than mine, we cried together. We felt each other’s stories in our bones.

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It's Time to Write Your Own Story

It's Time to Write Your Own Story

I saw something yesterday that said, “Write your own story”. How can those 4 words evoke so much inside of me? About an hour before reading those words, I discovered something I wrote when I was in the middle of my darkest year (2017). I had lost my dog, my grandfather, my uncle and my grandmother, all within a few months. I then asked my husband for a divorce. I was spiraling, but maintaining (it was only from having support from those around me). What I wrote on the pages of my journal was why it was so important for me to write my own story.

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