Tag: love

• I go back to December (actually September-December) all the time

  It’s my own fault, although, I’m trying to have grace. Leaving an almost 10 year relationship, with kids, isn’t exactly a walk in the park. I feel like I’m relieving those 4 months that really solidified that I needed to leave. It’s almost like Groundhog Day. The same conversations and arguments that go unresolved. Almost…

  Jessica Blake

  May 5, 2026

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  empowerment, family, grief, healing, life, love, mental-health, relationships, self discovery, self-love, writing

• Hope is a sneaky bastard…

  Hope can be a wonderful beautiful thing… But sometimes hope is one sneaky bastard. Hope can keep you somewhere you don’t belong for too long. “Maybe it’ll get better.” “Maybe he’ll hear me this time.” Sometimes in order to heal you have to let go of hope… Sometimes you need to realize the current situation…

  Jessica Blake

  April 22, 2026

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  emotional-release, empowerment, family, grief, healing, life, love, mental-health, narcissists, relationships, self discovery, self-love, writing

• Transforming Bedtime Fear into Magical Moments

  I was running on five hours of sleep. The kind where your eyes burn a little and everything feels just slightly too loud.The kind where even small things feel like too much. I had taught all day, my students were wild. Then, came home and immediately went into mom-mode. And then—of course—monsters. Not metaphorical ones.The…

  Jessica Blake

  March 28, 2026

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  family, life, love, magic, mental-health, motherhood, parenting, writing

• My Unexpected Fantasy Era

  

  I used to be so sure of who I was. Not in a deep, existential way—just in the small, everyday preferences that feel fixed. The kinds of things you don’t question because they’ve always been true. I wasn’t a fantasy person. I liked things grounded in reality. Stories that felt possible. Relatable. Familiar. I would’ve…

  Jessica Blake

  March 20, 2026

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  family, healing, life, love, mental-health, self discovery, writing

• Navigating Nonlinear Divorce: A Journey of Self-Rediscovery

  The author reflects on the complex journey of contemplating divorce, especially with children involved, while dealing with a partner exhibiting narcissistic and alcoholic behaviors. Emphasizing personal growth, self-rediscovery, and establishing boundaries, they acknowledge the challenge of navigating timelines in life and advocate for prioritizing one’s own well-being amidst uncertainty.

  Jessica Blake

  March 8, 2026

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  family, life, love, mental-health, narcissists, relationships, self discovery, writing

• I Don’t Want to be the Engine Anymore

  Discover the silent erosion in your relationships: When compromise masks deeper needs, and you become the unseen engine of endless effort.

  Jessica Blake

  February 6, 2026

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  emotional-release, emotional_healing, empowerment, love, personal-growth, poetry, self discovery, self-love, writing

• I’m Still Here…Just Processing

  Things have not gone according to plan, or at least the plan I created in my head. I wanted to file on my birthday and serve in the days following. However, that was the same week I went back to work. My nervous system became overwhelmed. I couldn’t file. I couldn’t even think about having…

  Jessica Blake

  January 18, 2026

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  family, healing, life, love, mental-health, narcissim, narcissists, relationships, self discovery, writing

• Pathological People Pleaser

  (Yes, I do speak in Taylor Swift lyrics…don’t judge me) There is a quiet moment that comes before a life changes. It doesn’t look dramatic.It doesn’t announce itself.It doesn’t come with fireworks or certainty. It comes in small realizations. In questions you don’t ask out loud.In pauses that feel heavier than words.In the ache of…

  Jessica Blake

  December 31, 2025

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  change is scary, healing, life, life changes, love, mental-health, personal growth, writing

• Wild & Rooted

  

  Every day, I am becoming more myself. My time.My body.My mind.My space.My creativity. For a long time, I tried to make myself fit into a life that wasn’t meant for me — shrinking, editing, and smoothing my edges to survive in places that questioned my right to exist fully. “Why is your stuff everywhere?”“Why do…

  Jessica Blake

  December 30, 2025

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  choose yourself, life after divorce, love, mental-health, personal growth, self-love, writing

• Slowness is Healing

  There are very few people in my life who truly know what I am walking through. Oddly enough, I like it that way. There is a reason for this season of quiet. I am healing — not just from my marriage, not just from the constant tension my body has lived inside of — but…

  Jessica Blake

  December 29, 2025

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  family, healing, health, life, love, mental-health, spirituality, writing