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When love failed you
You loved your parent(s) with all your might but love wasn’t given back. It doesn’t mean your feelings became invalid the day you realized they didn’t care. As a child you can only know what you are taught. It can be confusing when a parent or guardian appears to love you when others are around…
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I know what it’s like
I know what it’s like to grow up feeling like you had no one: that you couldn’t trust anyone. To grow up in fear of loss or being hurt again. I know what it’s like not being accepted and being neglected. I understand brokenness and loneliness. I know what it feels like to feel all…
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Website Overhaul
Our website has recently changed in a big way (a good way). After a lot of prayer and conversations we’ve finally changed it to be about our ministry instead of just a shop. It has been on my heart for years to start a ministry for children who have suffered from abuse, sexual abuse, neglect,…
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Surviving Abuse: Some Symptoms
One of the hard things about surviving abuse, be it mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, or a combination of those, is that it will shape the way you think and feel as you grow into adulthood. It will effect the way you have relationships, how you see others, and how you perceive others see you. You…
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New Big Dog Style
I’m not sure why it took me so long to finish this particular dog but she’s done! I made the body last night and put it all together then quickly made a little bow headband that can come off as well. I’m still debating putting a tail on this one now that I know these…
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Grief and Narcissists
I’ve noticed over the years that there is a rising number of people coming out and speaking about cutting ties with narcissists whether they were friends, romantic relationships, or relatives.One of the things I don’t see talked about very often is the grief that can come with cutting those ties. Not a grief that misses…
