I'm a woman who has collapsed into guttural sobs behind the clothes in her closet - hiding from my family, begging God to explain why my life had to be this hard. There were many questions that started with, "Why me?"
I'm someone who knows what it feels like to be holding it all together on the outside while BREAKING on the inside.
I've walked through soul-tearing grief of losing my brother to addiction. I've survived the unraveling of a marriage. I've said good-bye to some long friendships, that I thought would be there forever.
I've fought tooth and nail to come back to myself - again and again. And somewhere in that unraveling, I discovered that healing isn't about finding the light.
It's about learning to breathe in the dark.
I'm a woman who has collapsed into guttural sobs behind the clothes in her closet - hiding from my family, begging God to explain why my life had to be this hard. There were many questions that started with,
"Why me?"
I'm someone who knows what it feels like to be holding it all together on the outside while BREAKING on the inside.
I've walked through soul-tearing grief of losing my brother to addiction.
I've survived the unraveling of a marriage. I've said good-bye to some long friendships, that I thought would be there forever.
I've fought tooth and nail to come back to myself - again and again.
And somewhere in that unraveling,
I discovered that healing isn't about finding the light.
It's about learning to
breathe in the dark.
So here's the real story.
Sitting on a quiet Hawaiian beach,
coffee in my hands, my kids beside me,
coffee in my hands,
my kids beside me,
one of them brushing my hair for hours,
and a great book in my lap.
If you're holding your breath...
if your heart feels heavy and your smile feels forced...
if you just need someone to say, "Me too"...
If you're holding your breath...
if your heart feels heavy and your smile feels forced...if you just need someone to say, "Me too".
Let's Take the Next Step Together.
Let's Take the Next Step Together.
And just so you know - it won't be all tears and tissues. We'll laugh too.
Like, belly-laugh, pee-your-pants kind of joy.
Because healing is serious work, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun doing it.
And just so you know -
it won't be all tears and tissues.
We'll laugh too. Like, belly-laugh,
pee-your-pants kind of joy.
Because healing is serious work,
but that doesn't mean we can't
have fun doing it.