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Recovery from Domestic Abuse


  • Events of the Day (4 Days Free of Abusive Husband)

    Events of the Day (4 Days Free of Abusive Husband)

    Four days after receiving an ex-parte and watching my abusive husband removed from the home, I’m on a rollercoaster of emotions, both sad and relieved.

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  • Grateful That I Reached Out to All of You

    For anyone out there who is in an abusive situation, it is time for you to reach out too. It is time to begin remembering that people love you, really love you. And if you can’t think of any, then it is time to find a domestic violence group, book club, a gym, an online…

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  • Don’t Tell Me Not to Worry: You Don’t Know Him Like I Do

    Don’t Tell Me Not to Worry: You Don’t Know Him Like I Do

    I doubt it. You don’t know him like I do, so please stop trying to make me pretend that I know him as YOU do. Please, don’t tell me not to worry.

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  • Ex Parte: He’s Hurt Me for the Last Time

    Ex Parte: He’s Hurt Me for the Last Time

    Has it been only one night? Last night, Will was intimidating and verbally harassing me when my anxiety levels went through the roof. Almost directly after writing, “Smack. Smack. Smack.” in reference to the belt he was snapping, I got up from this computer, went to my room, put on my boots, grabbed a pillow

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  • The Threat of Violence: When Is It Time to Leave?

    The Threat of Violence: When Is It Time to Leave?

    Abuse victims get so accustomed to the threat of violence that we stay in situations that can easily become violent–even though we don’t think they will.

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  • Declutter with a Theme

    Declutter with a Theme

    Make Your Home More You I am getting rid of some possessions that reflect “the old me” and keeping ones that project “who I am, was at heart, and always will be.” If something I own does not support the idea that I am “strong and vibrant”, then it is finding a new home. Self-Care

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  • A Self-Care Journaling Exercise: 5 and 2

    A Self-Care Journaling Exercise: 5 and 2

    What beliefs are giving you trouble? Which ones are worth carrying forward into the future? There’s an exercise called “5 and 2” and it asks you to choose five beliefs to keep and two beliefs to let go. What’s good for you to keep and what’s better left behind? Here are my thoughts on 5 and

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  • My 101st Post!

    I would have celebrated my 100th post if I had realized that the last post was the 100th! Instead I’ll celebrate it now. I realized that my 100th post is an important one to me. I was able to share MY foundation and support system with another woman and with the readers of my blog,

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  • My Support System Is My Foundation

    It’s all right that they don’t call ME. The fact that I have benefited and will continue to benefit from their wisdom, education and support is phenomenally important to me. I went from being someone stuck in isolation to being someone who knows who to call and when. More importantly, I learned that my husband’s…

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  • The Universe Makes It Hard Sometimes

    What if this is my smack on the back of the head from the universe? What if I’m being forced in a different direction? What if there’s a different and more reliable way to fund my emergency account? What if what I’m doing is valuable enough to warrant some other type of income plan? A…

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