Hope and Heartache 
Mother of kidnapped children
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Always consumed with the same thoughts - 21 days ago
I only think about one thing, and therefore, I only have one thing to write about - how badly my children need to come home and how badly I miss them. Topics: Add new tag, children, kids, missing, missing children, My story, son

Dealing with Control Freaks (25) - 40 days ago
One of the most difficult things to deal with in my relationship with my husband was his incessant need for control. He needed to control me and everyone in his life, in every aspect and at all times. More than that, he has never felt an ounce of... Topics: control, Lessons learned

Bad Relationships - HBI (25) - 40 days ago
In the Land of Relationship, there is nothing truer than the age-old adage that hindsight is 20/20. We invest enormous amounts of energy trying to figure out how fucked up the "other" person was. We are driven to look at what was wrong with the. Topics: bad relationships, Lessons learned, personal responsibility

Personal Responsibility (24) - 40 days ago
I am not interested in slamming my husband and all the pain and horror he has caused over the last 12 years. We all meet people in this journey of life who hurt us, steal from us, take advantage of us, and worse. But this is our life, and slamming the... Topics: excuses, Lessons learned, personal, responsibility

Some Days Are Harder Than Others (23) - 42 days ago
Before I had children, I really was not a "kid person". I had never babysat, and before my own daughter was born, I don't think I'd ever held a baby in my life. Kids were something foreign that, truthfully, kind of scared me. I'll... Topics: children, cope, hurt, missing, missing children, mother, My story, pain

