I created a blog about survival with a mission to help people. Because I survived all the top five most stressful and life-changing events, I earned the nickname Tough Cookie. Also, my life includes a diagnosis of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Since I was eight, I learned how writing could heal the hurt and disappointment on the way to Find Your Giants and Claim Your Walls!
It is 4 AM. I head down the hallway to the words in my head, “First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.” I make the elixir of regaining consciousness to sit and enjoy the stillness-no such luck. The lyrics… Read More »There Is A Mountain
I grew up in the Midwest near Chicago in a blended family. Each of my parents had been married before to spouses that abandoned them. In my father’s situation, his first wife abandoned their marriage. My mother’s first husband abandoned their marriage and their son.… Read More »Midwestern Backstory