healing CPTSD
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I’ve learned the hard way that a person is shaped by what they aim at…not by what they survive. Not by what they intend. By what they move toward, day after day, quietly, stubbornly. When I was young, survival was my goal. Not consciously. Instinctively. I aimed at soothing my wounds, protecting myself, dodging pain,…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Faith is an extrordinary weapon in life. Use it diligently and find its true meaning. It is faith that builds hope. “Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: An oracle of the Lord is an announcement from God. In Zechariah there is a judgment on Israel’s enemies. In the quest to quickly understand bible verses about Israel being chosen, we are reminded of…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Have you ever been misunderstood? I was reading today in I Samual. It starts with the story of Hannah. She was married to a man that had two wives. She, unfortunately, could not conceive. At…
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I would love to hear from you! A Jewel: Are you shrinking away from your healing? Are you staying by abusers? Make sure you do not strengthen the hands of evildoers. I am not talking here about those that cuss, have a drink or smoke. That’s not evil. What I am talking about is vile…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. I think this is an interesting question. How do we know what secrets are buried in our heart? Is it pain? Is it mayhem? What stirs beneath my actions? What makes me choose one way or another? What is under my fear? These are the secrets…
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Survival doesn’t often look like the movies. It isn’t a dramatic rescue, a single victory march, or a tidy ending. More often, survival is invisible. It is the quiet work no one applauds: getting out of bed when your body feels like a battlefield, feeding a child when you yourself have no appetite, remembering to…
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Season of Awakening is the first series in Seasons of the Huntress guided journals. These journals are for survivors of childhood sexual trauma. With gentle prompts, affirmations, and blank space to write or pray, it offers a place to release silence and lean into the presence of God. More than a book of answers, it…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. What if forgiveness meant letting go? What if the act of forgiveness separated you from the person who harmed you? The very nature of forgiving to me means that I am now separate from the person who hurt me. I don’t see the world according to…
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My first memories of evil are not blurred—they are sharp, searing, and unshakable. Fear walked in the door before I had words for it. It crept into my childhood and sat heavy on my chest, teaching me to stay small, teaching me to hide. I carried that fear like it was part of my identity.…