I've shared over 150 stories and can no longer remember what I've shared. My thoughts consume on the daily, some days I have the right words, while others I can't formulate a sentence. Today, I've had time to think and reflect on the last 21 months. I for sure thought it would get easier over time, it seems to get worse. My hope for a brighter future with John becomes dim with every passing day. The negative thoughts outweigh and consume any positive I've had. There's a few t

We have forty-five days until the year ends, and the next chapter begins. I joke often telling people "Just wait season two starts soon". Knowing deep down, it's accurate. Forty-five days left to remind me that I've been living this nightmare for 22 months. Twenty-two months without my love. Twenty-two months of thinking about the "what-if's", 22 months of no new memories, twenty-two months of figuring it out on my own, 22 months of bad decision making, twenty-two months of v

You ever sit back after making a decision and think "what the heck did I just do"? My decision-making skills are questionable, at best. Not only am I solely responsible for the choices in my life, but I'm now responsible for making decisions on behalf of John. Let me tell you, we are night and day. I'm more of a spur of the moment decision maker, and he's more of a "thinker" realist. Polar opposites. I was left to make a decision in October that deep down, I knew what John's

I am obsessed over every element of John's case. I truly and utterly regret not following my dream of being a lawyer. During visit last week I asked John some questions to see if he remembered anything regarding the incident. I think the PTSD makes him block a majority of it out. He doesn't remember much but was able to tell me when he thinks he fired his weapon. As he explained it to me, he started to share more of what he saw while sitting in the cruiser. Some of the stuff

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I'll never forget our first year celebrating together. It was 2019 and he still traveled for work. We were two months into knowing each other and I intrigued him. I think because I was risqué and highly interested. He came home a few days before his birthday and I asked him what he wanted, you know, besides me. He wanted me to make his favorite dessert, which I thought "perfect I can buy a cake at the store". When I asked what it was, I had to google search it. Who the heck k

The Struggles of Emotional Connections I should probably take my own advice on this one, but I count on my friends to give me the brutally honest feedback that I dread hearing! I've been all over the place the last two weeks. It has felt like a downward spiral that I couldn't control. Instead of maintaining my composure, I experienced a breakdown! My life choices have always been questionable, but the ones from the last two weeks take the cake! I've kept this secret for days

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What a weekend it's been. I'll never understand why certain things happen to me. I'm sure we've all felt that way a time or two. I swear my decision-making skills are questionable most days. I think it's worse now that John isn't here. Every dumb thought I had I always made sure to run it by him first, now I can't. I'm infamous for impulse decisions, freaking infamous! This weekend I noticed John's grass hasn't been cut. I reached out to the lawn guy and found out he had an i

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