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Strangled In La Jolla
My journey from a life threatening strangulation attack back to vibrant wellness and all the messiness in between. Join me to help make strangulation a felony domestic violence or not and get step-parents viewed as family by law. I was the stepmom Domestic Violence Laws in California did not protect me.
Why I am Here?
Strangulation Awareness. I was strangled, California Laws did not protect me. I was strangled, received multiple brain traumas, lost my job, lost the job after that, and the job after that. My life was flipped […]
RESPECT ME!
It was never about what was right for the kids, it was always about her time. Respect me, my week! I still feel it is strange when people say respect me. It just feels weird […]
Warning Signs of Future Domestic Violence
You won’t believe what you forget. I have been journaling since 1993. Not every day but enough to look back on and put the pieces together to make sense of life when life starts to […]
Be careful of what you say to me…Who says this?!
Who says this? Who threatens someone with be careful of what you say to the mother of your child? Someone threatening you, that’s who! This was one of the few times I ever spoke in […]
5 Things We Would Have Done Differently
Do you have those moments in life when you look back and think, wow I really wish I knew that before you kno what happened? We had so many of those with our experience of […]
Co-Parenting Issues are Exhuasting
Was it wrong for us to give up? It was so complicated all the time. So much drama. We decided to ignore the attorney tactic. I’ll be honest; we thought at the time it was […]
Kids First – A Great Co-Pareting Choice
The funny thing about this email exchange is that my husband did take these co-parenting classes, but not until after his ex-wife attacked me. He attended with my stepdaughter, her mother knew they were going […]
Co-Parenting Requires Healthy Conflict Resolution Skills
Looking back now I can see it differently. First Mother’s Day, the stepfather makes the stepdaughter feel crappy about wanting to see the stepmom. We speak up for ourselves and her. Then suddenly, they are […]
My Very 1st Mother’s Day
It was my very first Mother’s Day. I remember the first Mother’s Day with the kids and their Mom. All she wanted to do was have lunch with them, she didn’t ask for them for […]
Domestic Violence hurts EVERYONE!
#domesticviolence is a worldwide issue and #strangulation happens to 68% of woman who experience this we need to #educate and stop 🛑 saying it’s family business
