Single, 40-Something and I Have Given Up Looking For Prince Charming.
Greetings Fellow Reader.
Thank you for stumbling upon my blog. Every inspiring writer has to start somewhere so I am starting here as a woman sharing a part of her life in hopes of helping another not feel so alone, as I have often felt.
I was born and raised on the west coast. I live a small town life in the Midwest trying to find my place and peace in this world. I am a Christian and a dual-service military veteran. Even though I transitioned out of the military in 2005, I have been spending the last 15 years transitioning and adjusting from one job to another, one living situation to another, and from one life event to another, living in survival mode. I'm a survivor of military sexual trauma. I have endured a broken life; life's heartaches, disappointments, and setbacks. I'm a survivor and warrior against Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety and I refuse to let it dictate my life.
I've spent many years in depression, floating around life trying to figure out how to adjust and settle down instead of being a nomad with no place to call home and burying myself in work just to function and survive. In the military, I was conditioned to work and focus on "mission first, everything else later." I have taken it into my adulthood as a link to some kind of normalcy and functionality for living when, in reality, I was deeply hurting inside and struggling trying to find home. To find peace and joy with no end in sight.
Today, I have chosen to proactively move forward and I endeavor to get past a "survival mode" into a thriving mode, working towards my dreams and goals of the abundant life that Jesus came to give (John 10:10) - whatever that means: eternal joy, peace, prosperity and the pleasures of life, instead of sadness, brokenness and heartbreak. It's time to go back to Eden and start living on top of the world.
I invite you to join me in this journey of my life through my writing - not only to record important thoughts and moments that life may bring, but also to inspire someone else out there through my life and maybe learn some things from me and spare you some stupidity, heartache and mistakes :-).
This blog contains external links to other articles, notes, and subjects of interest that might be related to my blog in some kind of way. At times, my blog will contain affiliate links and other ways to try and earn some kind of extra income. I'm trying to get out of debt while trying to survive on two part-time jobs and disability. I'm a worker and I have to work to function.
Everyone has a story. Please allow me to share mine with you and maybe within the pages, you will find your needle amongst a heavy haystack. :-)
