There’s a silence in my bones tonight —the kind that doesn’t sleep.It paces between rooms and cries without sound.My heart…is torn and bleeding for two. For my daughter —There’s a cycle trying to rise again,but it ends here.I am standing in the doorway,and I will not move.I see her.I hear her.And I will never look… Continue reading Bleeding for Two
Category: The Ongoing War
The current battle to protect my children — through courts, CPS, trauma, and resilience.
When Everything Feels Too Much (But You Keep Going Anyway)
There are no perfect words for what this past 3 stretch of time has looked like. I’ve been quiet on here — not because I’ve had nothing to say, but because everything has been too loud to write through. CPS officially closed our case. Not because the fight is over, but because they deemed me… Continue reading When Everything Feels Too Much (But You Keep Going Anyway)
The Aftershock
Everyone thinks the fight ends when the judge signs the order.But no one talks about what comes next. No one talks about the night they walk into your home for the first time permanently — not with relief, but confusion.Not with celebration — but with trauma. People say, “At least they’re safe now.”But safe doesn’t… Continue reading The Aftershock
When The Truth Finally Breaks Through
There’s a moment in every war where something cracks.A wall falls. A voice rises. And everything changes. For months — no, years — I was dismissed.I was the “vindictive mom.” The “unstable one.”The woman trying to ruin a man’s reputation, they said. But what I really was… was a mother holding on by her fingernails… Continue reading When The Truth Finally Breaks Through
What The Legal System Misses When It Ignores a Miracle
In 2018, we were the story people whispered about. Addicts. Homeless. Lost. Broken. In 2025, we became a story people tell — to offer hope. The police department that once arrested us now shares our journey with new officers as an example of what recovery looks like when two people rise together. And yet, right… Continue reading What The Legal System Misses When It Ignores a Miracle
Welcome to the Warzone
They say it takes a village to raise a child. I’m raising six — and fighting like hell to keep them standing. Six kids, five with complex trauma, one with special needs. Six kids with broken hearts and broken trust, who sometimes turn their anger on the only people still fighting for them ( because… Continue reading Welcome to the Warzone
Letters From the Edge 