Solid Ground

In 2015, easily one of the worst (if not the worst) years I had for depression and mental health issues, I felt like I was alone in the ocean, at night, with no idea which way to swim in order to reach land - just trying to float and wondering if I would go under. … Continue reading Solid Ground →

Big Changes, Part 4

The weekend passed pretty quietly. My ex, of course, was demanding to know where the kids were, demanding I bring them back, demanding I have them call him - the kids actually didn't want to call and speak with him, though. So I told them that I would text him that they'd call him tomorrow … Continue reading Big Changes, Part 4 →

Big Changes, Part 3

We - the four of us helping and me - got in our vehicles and drove to my new place. It didn't take long to unload, and then we stood outside my new apartment while one of my coworkers had a smoke. My other coworker told me he was going to use some of his … Continue reading Big Changes, Part 3 →

Big Changes, Part 2

My ex seemed to accept what I said about moving at the end of June. I suspected he was thinking "roommate" in quotation marks and honestly, he was probably so busy thinking about that it never occurred to him that I might be up to anything else. The people that would be able to help … Continue reading Big Changes, Part 2 →

Big Changes

I stopped posting for a bit due to a combination of lack of energy and not wanting to talk about what was happening out of an excess of paranoia that my ex might have found my blog and that I'd tip him off. After the failed mediation, my attorneys advised me to get housing as … Continue reading Big Changes →