And how grateful I was to stand in the eye of a hurricane for four days straight.
Last month, I took the kids camping by myself for the first time since the divorce. Right now, all of me wishes I was still deep in those peaceful Redwoods with the warm-reaching sunshine on my skin, holding on for dear life to every hour in the hammock with them…
Part Two — And now we’re divorced.
THHWAAACK!!
I slammed the garage door so hard it shook our wedding photos hanging on the wall behind me.
I silently seethed down the hall to our bedroom, where I could blow off some steam.
What!? He wants a break to pursue other relationships, after everything we’ve been through?! Who…
One shoe at a time
“Your wound is probably not your fault. But your healing is your responsibility.” — Anonymous
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a people-pleaser.
It probably has something to do with my childhood, but I don’t want to pull at that thread today. My codependency tendencies fully…
I’ll go first; I wish my Ex-Husband were more like Mrs. Doubtfire.
It’s an eye-opening experience to listen to other women vent about their divorce story and hear how it all went down. After twenty-four years of marriage (and two days after dropping their youngest son off at college), my friend’s Was-band declared,
“I don’t want to do this anymore. I want…
I’m a picker, I’m a grinner, I’m a lover, and I’m a sinner. I play my music in the sun.
Hello! Buongiorno Bellezza! Guten Tag! Buenos Noches!
I can’t think of a better way to introduce myself than to tell you what I’m wearing, the last ten songs I listened to on Spotify, what I had for dinner tonight, and what I did right before I ate that delectable dinner.
- Bare feet, fitted purple joggers, a soft…
LGBTQIA, TRAUMA, HEALING
You are normal and loveable just the way you are
Dear Good-Enough-Just -The-Way-You-Are Human,
No, there’s nothing wrong with you. You are normal and loveable just the way you are — do you hear me?
I know your little heart is shaking with fear and shame right now — but fuck ’em. …
WRITING, JOURNALING, LIFE LESSONS
I had a horrible dream last night.
I don’t remember everything, but in the dream, he broke my heart… and I had never been so happy to wake up from a dream before.
He is in my heart (forever), and my heart is kept by him.
I think we had…
PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, COFFEE
6-Word Photo Story Challenge
My Happy, Sunshine, Thoughtful, Go-To Place.
Here is that spot again where I think about my life, where I want to go, how I want to show up, and who I want to be six months from now. …
You’re the best in da biz, Elle Beau ❇︎!
“Girls, we run this mutha (yeah)
Girls, we run this mutha (yeah)
Girls, we run this mutha (yeah)
Girls, we run this mutha, girls.” — Beyonce, Run The World (Girls)
Alright, now that I got us all fired up, and this article has been a year in the making —…
OPEN LETTERS
You probably have a micropenis, just sayin’.
Dear Bachelorette Bully (aka — Micropenis Man),
Alright, I know, cheap shot throwing that ‘micropenis’ shade right off the bat, but I know it got your attention. …
Divina Grey
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