Rainbows on Life’s Highways

10/26/2014,  It is said that every time it rains, there is a rainbow to be found somewhere.   In stories, there is almost always a silver lining theme.  When a relationship ends, life eventually takes on a sense of refreshing newness & exploration.  Even at a funeral, love and compassion can be found & people (families) […]

The Road Ahead, Fall & Winter Holiday Paths& my birthday

09/21/2014,  Some people plan for their journeys.  They get road maps, make reservations, formulate plans, and look forward or at least feel comfortable with their journey ahead.  Whether the journey leads to a vacation, retirement, a new home, new friends, etc.  we all have a journey ahead of us.  Sometimes the road we travel on […]

Losing My Life, How My Journey Started -Part 2

9/20/2014,  There were 3 events in which I lost my life that started my Pilgrimage to a Happy Life.  Part 1 details how in losing my father, I lost my life.   In this article, Part 2 – I will discuss how I lost my life in the realm of abuse.  This 3 part series is […]

Losing my Life, How my Journey Started – Part 1

09/17/2014,  My pilgrimage to trying to build and find my happy resulted from a series of losses.  Losses either devastate or motivate us.   The very word, Loss, conveys something we miss and will never get back.  In the past year, the losses I have experienced have both devastated and motivated me to keep going, to keep […]

Is There a Yellow Brick Road to Safety & Happiness?

09/10/2014,  In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy & her little dog Toto run away from home & then return only to get sucked up into a twister and wind up in the land of Oz.  She has to follow the yellow brick road to the Wizard who she believes will get her back home.  Along the […]

Heart Work, A Necessity to Moving Beyond the Pain

09/07/2014,  What does it mean to Let Go and move forward? What is it that it being let go when ending a relationship?  Letting go is really about getting rid of the anchor around your heart & coming to terms that the relationship is really over.   The moving forward is simply….living life…creating a new life and […]

09/09/2014, Some people are paranoid thinking that everyone is out to get them. Then, there are those who think that everyone is out to get them and they are correct.  The latter is especially true of anyone escaping abuse, and I will tell you why.  Abusers isolate their victims from family, friends (male or female), doctors, and […]