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Marilyn

I created a blog about survival with a mission to help people. Because I survived all the top five most stressful and life-changing events, I earned the nickname Tough Cookie. Also, my life includes a diagnosis of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Since I was eight, I learned how writing could heal the hurt and disappointment on the way to Find Your Giants and Claim Your Walls!

The Baptists

My parents met at a bar in Bellwood where my dad worked a second job. He was the bartender. His full-time employment was being a mechanic and the Fleet Superintendent for Goldblatt’s Department Store delivery trucks. Thinking out loud: what do people mostly share after… Read More »The Baptists

Blended Abandonment

I looked up a legal definition of Marital Abandonment. According to Legal Dictionary: 1. The giving up or withdrawal of support from something or someone. 2. The act of leaving or deserting a person or property with no intention of returning. What a sterile, simple… Read More »Blended Abandonment

Midwestern Backstory

I grew up in the Midwest near Chicago in a blended family. Each of my parents had been married before to spouses that abandoned them. In my father’s situation, his first wife abandoned their marriage. My mother’s first husband abandoned their marriage and their son.… Read More »Midwestern Backstory