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RAD

Life According to Plan: A Reality Check

So I had that dream again, the one where my life is going as I had planned it.  My family life was fun and exciting yet also calm and un-chaotic. My wife and I went on regular date nights.  I was pregnant and due soon.  I was doing work I loved and work hardly felt […]

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Marriage

The Story of Us Pt.1

Once upon a time there was a very angry woman (that was me). She got into a fight at a bar because some guy was being extremely disrespectful and was recruited to join the local roller derby team. There are so many versions of that story but we will just stick to this short version. […]

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Marriage
Mental health
Self Care

Being Social When You’re in Darkness

I am a person who struggles with mental health. Right now I am also in a major dark time. The darkness comes and goes in my life but right now the dark is doing more coming and a lot less going. When I am in the darkness, I am not a great wife, mother, friend […]

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Marriage
Mental health
Parenting

Forced Stay At Home Mom

I left my job today.  I had been in a position that I fell in love with for almost a year, then I had to make a choice: my career or my family. I had to make the choice and of course I did the mom thing and I put my family in front of […]

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