Journey to freedom RSS

It was awfully quiet when I returned to the house however Kayden was home so he usually would not do anything in front of him. Yet I walked on eggshells not knowing what was to come when I put him down for bed and it was just the two of us. Me against the monster who I knew was not done with me after locking me in the room all weekend. After I escaped and did he know how I got out? I spent as much time as I could with Kayden before bed and then just waited for what...

These four walls never felt so small.  It was the long weekend and Kayden had just been picked up by his Grandparents. I just knew I had from 6 pm on Friday until 6 pm on Monday to make it through. It was tough without Kayden at home I felt protected as if things could only go so far when he was around. Now I am alone, my house was oddly quiet and the only protection I felt like I had was gone. There was zero words spoken between him and I. I thought to myself, "maybe he will just...

How did I get here and how do I get out?  My home had turned into a hot spot, random people in and out, drug drops, and everything felt so loud. However I lived as if life was normal and just did my best to be the best Mom I could despite our surroundings. I stayed quiet and distant and I knew if all I focused on was Kayden we may just make it out of all of this.  At this point the only place I was allowed to go was my parents or down the street to his brothers...

           Just when I thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse, it did. Have you ever sat and thought to yourself, “is this real life?”            After growing up in such a loving family, I was looking at my son thinking, “how did I get this so wrong?” Many things occurred in the last year but it would take me a lifetime to write about all them, Kayden was about a year old now, I was almost done with my maternity leave. When I was about to go back, I was informed...

It was the summer of 2005 when I had graduated high school and life as I knew it had changed. Learning life without school for everyone is strange. I was still working at the doctors office and in this new relationship.           It wasn’t long before I believed I knew better than my parents and packed up my things and moved out. Into a crappy bachelor cabin…yes cabin this should have been my first red flag. It was a worn down cabin on a property with about 10 other cabins. We had a kitchen, bathroom with just...