Nobody likes to have a door slammed shut in their face. But I believe that God moves through CLOSED DOORS as much as He does open ones. My ex-boyfriend was a really GREAT guy. He was good-looking, had a solid job, and treated me with more respect than any guy had… to that point. But […]

It doesn’t matter what happened TO you or what happened BECAUSE of you. After junior high, my family moved!  A new county and a new school district where NOBODY knew me. (There IS a God!) I was popular. I got invited to parties. I was the girl who said “yes”—to EVERYTHING! “We’re gonna sneak out […]

When my crackhead ex-husband was finally gone for good, I filed for divorce and that’s when his HUNT for me began. I was baffled. How could I get through my life without him tracking me down and stealing all my stuff—JOY or otherwise—for the rest of my life? I decided to run and hide! That’s […]

There are plenty of memories that are forever burned into my brain that I WISH I could forget.

The more I tell my story, the more I realize how much HIDDEN HURT there is, out there in the world! I walked off the platform at a church, after sharing the dark and scary things about my life, nervous that people would think LESS of me. That’s when I bumped in to a 50ish […]