MelanieMay 13, 20227 min readMy Daughters Could Be Charged with a CrimeIf God Forbid, One of My Girls Has to Experience What I Did They Could Be Charged with a Crime I’m not here to take a pro-life OR...
MelanieMay 12, 20223 min readDown in the Dumps My Current Battle With Depression and AnxietyI’ve been in a slump. A funk. I’ve been battling depression and anxiety and that always seems to peak around Mother’s Day (see these two...
MelanieMay 2, 20223 min readMight As Well Face It, You're Addicted To...When we hear the word addiction, the majority of us automatically think of things like heroin, alcohol or other like substances. Many of...
MelanieApr 27, 20223 min readHappy Birthday, To MeShe’s yelling, but I’m not hearing a word she says. I have a smile plastered on my face despite whatever it is she’s ranting about this...
MelanieApr 25, 20221 min readForever locked in the closet I ask, “Why wasn’t I enough?” I was an innocent, helpless child The things I faced that made me tough While longing to be carefree and...
MelanieApr 25, 20222 min readThe Knight Lots of women say they want a knight in shining armor...not me. The way I see it is, a knight in shining armor symbolizes a man who has...
MelanieApr 19, 20224 min readThe Day I'll Never ForgetHeart beats fast... My heart fluttered and raced as Christina Perri's A Thousand Years began to play as I watched our children making...
MelanieApr 18, 20222 min readThere's always something to be thankful forI used to be so annoyed by people that seemed to have such a positive outlook on life. You know the ones I'm talking about! The ones...
MelanieApr 17, 20222 min readMicrowaves and Crock-PotsMy husband and I were attending a couples group at our home church when I heard the differences in married partners, intimate life...
MelanieApr 7, 20223 min readProud MomI know some of you will skip right on past this just because of the title. You'll mumble to yourself, "Another mom bragging on her...
MelanieApr 7, 20223 min readIntegrityWhat does it mean to live life with integrity? For most of us, it means being honest about the "big" things. It means having the...
MelanieMar 17, 20222 min readDon't WorryFor as long as I can remember, I've spent the majority of my energy worrying. I worry about anything and everything. I even worry about...
MelanieFeb 19, 20213 min readWhile You Were SleepingI'm angry, disgusted and sad. I’m sick to death of reading yet another story of an innocent girl/woman having a piece of her taken away...
MelanieNov 17, 20202 min readReflectionI’ve taken some time to reflect upon my first blog post. I really wanted to get to the heart of my truth – WHY does this situation...
MelanieNov 13, 20206 min readMessagesHave you ever noticed you can go months and months, feeling like no one is there and you just aren’t receiving the messages you need to...