I’m not sure what exactly happened after this point. It’s like when people say “they lost time” cause that is exactly what it felt like. I was in a dreamlike state, more of a nightmare beyond my wildest imagination. Things with my daughter got progressively worse. My home life became not just a battlefield but… Continue reading Desire

My house seemed to be engulfed in a big dark cloud. It was like we couldn’t get out of our own way. Fist the emergency surgery, then their father leaving again and now great grandma. It was more than my daughters could bear. We went through your typical teenage angst as most parents and daughters… Continue reading Engulfed

Everything went completely silent for a moment. And that’s when my imagination stopped running wild and I could figure out what was happening to me. As I laid there the pain, the twinge through my butt cheek, the numbing down my leg….it was my back. I began to cry as I thought this can’t possibly… Continue reading The Good Doctor

The house the girls and I moved into was a defining moment for me. It was like I had finally arrived. I used to tell them that one day we would have a house of our own, one day I would make sure they had their own bedrooms and one day we would get a… Continue reading The Bouncer

Before I knew it I was no longer who I was…within one hour, a blessing, a few splashes of holy water here and there I was now someone’s wife. I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Friend Guy. How the heck did THAT happen?! I almost didn’t walk down the aisle. Three weeks before the… Continue reading Mr. & Mrs.

Along with the annulment paperwork that finally came through we received notice that the priest we wanted to do the wedding would no longer be available. This apparently threw Friend Guy into a tizzy and we needed to take action. Isn’t it funny what makes people react? We took a trip up to Connecticut one… Continue reading Take Action

One morning in May, May 6th to be exact, I woke up in the middle of the night in such pain I thought that possibly I had been shot. My body felt warm and wet and I hurt all over. I tried to get up, but couldn’t lift my head off the pillow. Come to… Continue reading Shot through the heart