Tag Archives: mental health

Coffee with ghosts: Learning how to stop listening to negative voices in my past

I asked myself why I stopped writing last year and the answers were revealing. Some days, there are just too many ghosts. It’s difficult to imagine typing out what you’re really thinking when the other half of your brain is imagining another person reading what you write and mocking you for being sentimental. Don’t listenContinueContinue reading “Coffee with ghosts: Learning how to stop listening to negative voices in my past”

Winter isn’t always gloomy

So this was my second winter back in Texas. I was going through some of my old notebooks and throwing things away, and then I found this. My life continues to change so much and I’m so glad that I chose this path and this story, not the story that anyone else wanted to writeContinueContinue reading “Winter isn’t always gloomy”

Set Free’s Celebrate Recovery group hosts rummage sale raising funds for addiction recovery, incarcerated people

This article was originally published in The Examiner on March 9, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Set Free Beaumont’s Celebrate Recovery rummage sale will be Saturday, March 11, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Celebrate Recovery ministry. Set Free Beaumont hosts weekly Celebrate Recovery gatherings after churchContinueContinue reading “Set Free’s Celebrate Recovery group hosts rummage sale raising funds for addiction recovery, incarcerated people”

Thank you for staying

I have something to say to all of my friends. I love you all very much. For those of you who have been with me through this long, crazy journey and never left, I deeply appreciate you for being willing to stick it out with me through the long haul. You might have met meContinueContinue reading “Thank you for staying”

Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape

Here’s another post from my escape. I’ve been remembering it in pictures and with an old email I wrote to friends explaining my situation as it was happening. Today, I’m posting some of my old chat logs. If you know someone who is being held too tightly, this is for you. If you are one ofContinueContinue reading “Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape”