Professional info
I am a self-published author and drawing artist.
Healing from the abuse I endured as a child and adult was difficult and a big part of that took place while writing poems, journaling and other writing styles. I have one book From Trauma to Poem in paperback and eBook and a working on a second book about my spiritual journey. There are other books that will be written about my story as a survivor of the abuse.
Another part of my healing involved drawing, and the ones on this website are some of those creations. I have continued to draw and as I complete my work they will be uploaded for sale.
Languages
English
Life experience
Childhood
Birth - Eighteen years of age
From birth, I was physically and emotionally abused by my mother. During my toddler years my mother included mental abuse, and my early school years sexual and spiritual abuse were added. I was used in spiritual ritual abuse, trafficked and tormented throughout my childhood.
Skills
FIREWORKS
WORD
EXCEL
PUBLISHER
KINDLE CREATE
Young adulthood
​Eighteen through forty years of age
Graduating from high school at 18 years old, I was given a gift of a two week vacation with my sister who lived several states away. It was during that time I met my wonderful husband and we married when I was just 19 years old. Less than two years later we had our first child, and a few years later our second. I had what I believed was a beautiful family and loved them with all my heart. We struggled financially from time to time, but never let that affect our love or devotion for one another.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Middle age
Forty years to current time​
My children completed school and moved on with their lives during my early 40's. My older child never married and has no children. My younger child married and had two children of her own. I began working for a church and after a few years the pastor retired and a new one came. He began to manipulate, control and demean me gradually to the point that I felt I had to do whatever he said or would lose my job; and he promised that I would never find another job anywhere. He was very influential and well-known in the community.
After a few years of mental, emotional, psychological and spiritual abuse he began to sexually abuse me. My health deteriorated and at a point it was thought I had a heart attack. It turned out to be a severe panic attack, but it cost me my job. It wasn't until then and with the help of a dear friend I was able to see what he did to me. It took another year before I sought professional help, and 4 1/2 years of intense work before I was able to heal from the effects of both the childhood and adult abuse.
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Today I am still learning to live a life of freedom and understanding of how the abuse impacted my though process, relationships and overall well-being. I will never be completely free from the effects because the damage the abuse did to my body, but I can and do live much better and healthier mentally and emotionally than I could have ever dreamed possible.
The last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer, requiring a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. I recently underwent a breast reduction on the remaining breast, and will have reconstruction surgery in a few months. I thought I knew fatigue until undergoing the healing process from cancer and its treatments.
Education
High School
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Due to the mental abuse, telling me how worthless and stupid I was I never felt capable of continuing my education into college. I have made the best with the knowlege I have however and am proud to say that I was able to manage and own a restaurant until my health dictated I walk away from it, and I have self-taught myself how to use a computer, as well as doing research for whatever I had an interest in doing.