The truth (and my blog) set me free

I just watched "The Help".....wow! Amazing and powerful. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you do. My favorite part: the truth sets you free. Reflecting on my own past helps me realize that, the truth, although hurtful, did indeed set me free.

I was thinking about my blog this morning and its direction. It started as a way to heal my heart.....to help me back on my feet......to feel loved........to laugh........to find courage and confidence........to start over........to be me again. 

While some of my posts are not always written about love, heels or little black dresses, it is always a reflection of me and who I am. My posts are not always happy, cheerful or of a picture perfect life. You might not like everything I write, and I am OK with that. This is my place where I can be vulnerable.....comfortable.....and myself without judgement. My blog was not started to see how many "followers" I could get or to write about how perfect my life is, because it certainly is not. What you read is what you get....honest, sometimes scattered and off-topic, sometimes brief, sometimes funny, and sometimes sad. 

If you haven't read my first post, it will help learn more about me and where I come from. (My first blog post)  It's a reflection of who I was two years ago. Lost, heartbroken, devastated, and vulnerable. I used to keep a private journal before this blog. That only held my anger, hurt, and bitterness in. That first post was not as personable compared to the way I write today. Like the maids in "The Help", I was afraid to tell the truth....I was scared to tell the story from my perspective.

I know divorce and heartache are nothing new, but I've realized that each person's experience is different. The experience shares the same word, divorce, but everyone has their own story. Over the last two years, many people have reached out to me - old friends, co-workers, and strangers, about how to heal after divorce. Why they came to me, I don't know. I am not an expert, but I listen. I've discovered that's what most people want, someone to listen -- to their anger, their tears, their doubt, and their questions.

How does this all relate to the movie, "The Help"?  


It's the theme: the truth sets you free, and boy, did it set me free. 

Maybe it's time that I share my story.........