Getting Back Into Inner Healing Work (IFS Therapy)
A week ago I was finally able to get back into doing inner healing work. I was scared because it felt like it has been so long since I...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Jul 17
- 9 min
Getting Used to Horse Therapy Again
Yesterday was the third time that I spent time with Rose, my therapy horse. She is brown all over with a big round belly. Last week when...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Jun 25
- 5 min
A Nightmare I Don't Know How To Wake Up From
If you have been following my story lately you may have heard that I was in the shelter for 7 months...it really took me for a loop...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Apr 22
- 10 min
Uncovering Some More Wounds...
Last night in therapy I went to a place I wasn't planning to go. A place that seemed so far away and yet so similar to my current...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Apr 15
- 8 min
Just A Little Bit More Healing...
Last night I was able to release just a little bit more grief and pain from how my abusive employers treated me...it is still such a...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Apr 12
- 8 min
It Is Not Okay
In February I felt that maybe I'd be out of the shelter by the end of the month. (But that was false)I planned that I would spend March...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Apr 7
- 5 min
When Did It Start?
Today I was thinking about that question. A few days ago I was asked when the exhaustion started. When I first felt it. I still remember...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Apr 4
- 7 min
What's The Next Step?
Warning: this is a really raw post. Read at your own risk... Right now I'm angry. Angry with the world. Angry with life. Angry with...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Into The Pit
It was just such a straight out-of-the-blue question that even if something was or had happened that I remembered, I don't think I'd have
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Sparkling Diamond
- Mar 24
- 6 min
Slowly Suffocating
See the little girl? She's very young. Maybe 2 or 3 years old. She feels so bewildered and alone. The people who should be nurturing her...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Jan 22
- 8 min
Nightmares Aren't Always Bad
And it reminds that 16 year old part of me of how it used to be at that age. Yes, my parents owned the property but I had no space to...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Dec 24, 2023
- 2 min
Rags At First Glance
Last week someone sent me these words when I needed to hear them because I have been feeling so pressured to "fit in a box" (which...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Dec 7, 2023
- 7 min
Lifting the Burden
This past weekend was horrible. I had things I wanted to do but I didn't get any of it done... Friday I went to work and took a picture...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Dec 7, 2023
- 5 min
More Salt
Edit: I had taken this down because I was unsure whether I really should post it but decided to repost it in its rawness... Today is...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Nov 19, 2023
- 4 min
I Am A Wild Child
Jesus, can I come home?
I'm so tired.
I just want to be free.
Free from it all...
And I want a hug.
A big one.
A long one.
A comforting one.
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Sparkling Diamond
- Nov 11, 2023
- 12 min
Locked Out
I'm struggling to clear the mud out of my eyes so I can try to see clearly enough to figure out what the next thing is to do. I'm trying to
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Sparkling Diamond
- Nov 5, 2023
- 1 min
Handfuls of Salt
*If you would like a print of this piece it is available for sale on my website under the Painful Paintings tab... (I wrote this piece a...
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Sparkling Diamond
- Oct 24, 2023
- 5 min
A Different End To My Day
Also now that I'm here and getting used to the sights and sounds, I am reminded of the group homes that I've been in in the past.
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Sparkling Diamond
- Oct 18, 2023
- 8 min
Starving For Connection
Graduating from school at 8th grade, the future looked extremely dark. All I could see was that there would now be no escape from my parents
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