Notes from a fellow traveler

Reflections on healing, faith, and hope

These are my honest reflections on life, faith, and healing. My hope is that they remind you you’re not alone on your journey.

  • Daddy’s Words

    Expresses the distorted connection between love and sexual performance.

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  • Distorted Love

    Sometimes poetry allows expression of emotion that prose does not allow. Writing these Sonnets helped me connect the thread of how my early experiences affected how I defined love and my relationships with others, with myself and…

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  • Because We are Good

    As I struggled to comprehend how God could love me, I struggled with an equally troubling question, “How could God love the family members who hurt me?” 

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  • What Kind of Love is This?

    As tears rolled down my cheeks as I thought, “How can I ever give her the love she needs?” As I held my beautiful newborn daughter for the first time an unfamiliar feeling flowed over me. As tears…

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  • The Journey Begins

    My journey toward healing began at age 34.  At the time I could not fathom the thought that one day I would tell my story so others might find hope in the midst of darkness. My journey…

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