Being Real: Relational Abuse Finale + My First Vlog
Throughout this series I’ve tried to be real as much as I was able, by writing about my story through relational abuse. Sometimes reading someone’s words just isn’t enough. I love to write and I love to read, but sometimes I need to see a face and hear the tones in the words to truly […]
Being Real: Love After Relational Abuse
After walking away from relational abuse, typically love is the last thing you want mentioned and the furthest thing from your mind. The pain and agony you’re having to deal with coupled with the bad memories that are filling your mind, the idea of love coming your way in the future isn’t even a thought. […]
Being Real: Life After Relational Abuse
When you’re in the midst of an abusive relationship you wonder how there could be life after relational abuse. You think that there is no way that you could possibly live any kind of a “normal” life again. I’m here to say that there is life after relational abuse. There is hope for the future. […]
Being Real: Overcoming Relational Abuse
There is a quote that I’ve heard often over the years, and though I love the idea of it, I know that it isn’t accurate. “Time heals all wounds.” 10+ years down the road, my wounds aren’t healed. The pain has lessened, the bad memories don’t hit me every day…but when I do remember, the […]
Being Real: The Reality of Relational Abuse
If the word “abuse” is brought up, most people change the topic altogether. No one wants to talk about the “elephant in the room”…no one wants to get involved. Something to the affect of “It’s their problem, let them work it out together” is said, or is at least thought. What people on the outside […]
Being Real: Forgiving Your Abuser
Forgiving your abuser is by far the hardest and one of the last steps that you’ll take beginning your life after relational abuse. It is not a step that can be done early in the process, and should not be pushed on by family and/or friends. Everyone will come to this place of forgiveness in […]
Being Real: Mental / Emotional Abuse
As women our emotions can be used against us, so it is important that we are aware of what this type of abuse looks and/or sounds like. What is Mental / Emotional Abuse? Mental/emotional abuse allows the abuser to direct/control your thoughts or emotions. What Does Mental / Emotional Abuse Look Like? Mental/emotional abuse begins […]
A Love that is Beautifully Messy
Since moving here to Beautiful Ashes, I haven’t written about love or my marriage very much. If you followed my first blog you’ll know it was started as a marriage blog. My desire was to encourage women to be the help meets that God created them to be. While that is still a passion of […]
My Heart…Depression, Suicide, Christianity and Grace
Today I wasn’t on the computer much, but when I was I was reminded of the many times that Robin Williams made me laugh. What the first movie I saw him in was, where I saw it and who I was with. That made me think of all the movies I have seen him in […]
Being Real: Relationship Finale + Vlog
Today I’m closing out another part in my being real series and as with my relational abuse series, I’m closing it out this relationship finale with a brand new vlog. While I do my best to write from my heart, I pray that hearing the words God placed on my heart for you will encourage […]