trauma healing – Letters From the Edge

A Letter to My Abuser and His Handler

You Didn’t Break Me — You Helped Rebuild Me You always told me it was about family.About doing what’s right.But really, it was always about you. To my ex —You didn’t just watch.You helped them. You handed me to the wolves.And you stood there while they tore me apart. You weren’t a husband.You were a… Continue reading A Letter to My Abuser and His Handler

I stopped trying to be unbreakable, and started being honest instead

There was a time I thought strength meant silence — that surviving meant never letting the cracks show. I wore my pain like armor, thinking if I could just hold it all in, I could hold everything together.But the truth is… I was shattering inside. Quietly. Daily.People said, “You’re so strong,” and I nodded. Smiled.… Continue reading I stopped trying to be unbreakable, and started being honest instead

Bleeding for Two

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