Starting Out

Hey :)

This has been on my mind quite a bit, and I can't help but think that maybe I could make a difference... Maybe something I write will resonate with someone going through the same things I am, and maybe - just maybe - it will give them the strength to push through.

I am not a writer. Or a psychiatrist. Or a therapist... But I have been there. And I have lived through it. And I am stronger today than I was yesterday. And that means there is hope.

I'll post my stories here in just a second so that you'll know where I am coming from, but let me just say in short that this is a blog of hope. And of love. And of trust. And of courage. Mostly, it's a blog of courage. It's funny, how mundane things that were once second nature become a chore. How simple things like getting up in the morning you suddenly find yourself questioning.

You feel as if the trail you were on which once was sunny and bright is now covered in fog and you don't know where your next foot will land. Or, at least, that is how it feels for me.

Well, I'm here to tell you that I'm still walking. I'm still traveling the trail, even if I can't see where it leads... And I am doing my best to become stronger along the way. I will not let this world win. I will not succumb to the terrors before me or behind me. I will not give this world the pleasure of claiming me as a victim. I simply won't. It's not in me to quit. I tried. I really did... But I can't. I won't live in fear.

This is a record of my journey to find light in the darkness. Hope in a world full of pain. Purpose in a life without one. I suppose we're all on a similar journey.