Category: From the Journal Entries

A collection of personal reflections, survivor writings, and healing-centered journal entries.

  • The Story Hidden Between the Journal Entries

    You write, reflect, and write more journal entries. In between, you check the comments for new entries and the email for a contact message, to no avail. In discouragement, you wonder; Is this stuff helping anyone? Am I wasting my time writing? You think of something else, maybe it will work to gain attention. Opening…

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  • After Ten Years, The Secret Darkness Is Complete

    Originally shared during the closing season of Abuse Journal, this reflection marks the completion of a ten-year memoir journey and the beginning of The Remnants Journal. As you may know, I started writing on Tumblr to release the anguish of abuse—all the pain buried for years. At first, the memories came in bits and pieces—scattered…

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  • The Beauty Surrounding You

    I love crafting nature-themed junk journals for others walking through healing journeys. To help people slow down for a while and notice the beauty of God’s creation. In The Secret Darkness: A Memoir of Overcoming Abuse and Finding Freedom, I reflect on how survival, pain, fear, and uncertainty can consume our attention, leaving us unaware…

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