Ramblings from the Homecoming Queen of Crazy Town

**Trigger Warning** I wish I could say you were the only one, but monsters have cohorts. Monsters also have a powerful ability to create mutant deviations of themselves—so the malignity …

I’m a weight loss surgery success story. Or am I? As a motivational speaker and author of the touching memoir, You Have Such a Pretty Face, I speak to people …

I’m incredibly honored that my story was featured in this month’s issue of Recovery Today Magazine. The Editor-in-Chief, Rob Hannley, interviewed me for a feature story, and also did a …

  Happy Mother’s Day in heaven to my Mom and my Grandma, who we lovingly called Nonnie—the women who raised me. Upon their arrival, I’m sure heaven had a little …

The hardest funerals to attend are the ones for people who are still living.  I found myself studying all of the empty graves lined up inside of my heart—graves that …

The Queen has returned from a long sabbatical. Do I have a story?  Indeed, I do. Don’t we all? After being in treatment for 3 years for the ongoing sexual …

It’s hard to get over a fear of the dark, when your monsters were real.  I’m a survivor. I was raped repeatedly for several years of my childhood. I speak …

You know it’s a stressful week when most of your texts to friends start with, “Girl, I need to be sequestered.” Typically, I’m an understanding person.  When another driver on …

Your tears matter. I know for many years they seemed irrelevant. The world seemed oblivious to both your pain and your sorrow. People can be callous and cold sometimes, and …

Have I mentioned I hate the dentist? About a week prior to leaving for LA, I had a crown come off of a molar and part of the remaining tooth …

A memo to the hurting: In reading over some of my past blogs, I was struck with how much pain and darkness filled my life at the time they were …

I will never be a well-behaved woman. This is a fact that would make some ladies cringe, but one that I’m quite certain has my mom and Nonnie dancing a …