To every woman living in addiction, abuse and judgement
When my son died, I expected grief.I expected pain.What I didn’t expect was to be turned into the villain of my own tragedy.
In 2010, I was a young mother trapped in violence, trapped in addiction, and trapped in a system that saw my struggles as proof that I didn’t deserve compassion. I was on felony probation. I was using. I was trying to survive. And like so many women in the same situation, I thought I could protect my...
I Should Have Left
I should have left.Early on.You know that moment — when something inside you shifts. When a line gets crossed, a boundary quietly gets stepped over, and your whole body whispers, “danger… danger…”But the whisper isn’t as loud as your brain screaming, “But I love him.”
I should have left.
I should have left when he became the only person I had.Everyone was suddenly gone, and somehow I never noticed the slow disappearing until...
I remember being 17 and so lost in the whole “sex” thing. Everyone around me seemed to get it — or at least pretended to — and there I was, uninterested, uninspired, and completely uneducated. A late bloomer, apparently. I just wasnt experienced in that field.
I did the “responsible” thing — got on birth control — but beyond that? There was no beyond that.
I had sex for the first time at 17. It was trash.It stayed trash for the next...
42 Things I’ve Learned by 42
by Samantha Krause
Somewhere between lattes, laundry, deadlines, and dreams, I’ve collected a few lessons. Not the polished kind you read in self-help books, but the messy, coffee-stained truths that come from actually living. Here are 42 things I’ve learned in my 42 years on this spinning planet:
Life & Perspective
Your 20s are for learning, your 30s are for unlearning, and your 40s are for actually living.
Nobody has it “all...
What Do You Do Now? Navigating the Quiet After They’ve Flown
I’m sitting here on my couch, in what I guess I’d call my part-time home now, with my two dogs for company. And I’ve found myself asking this huge, echoing question: What am I supposed to do now?
For so long, my life revolved around my kids. They were everything—my end-all, be-all. And now they’re these amazing grown humans who have flown the coop. They barely respond to texts, they’ve got...
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