When I returned from Rome, my cousin Betsy and roommate Kailey, at the time, came and got me from the airport. Betsy, my cousin on mom’s side, had suspensions about my mother and asked me how I was with her moving out. I ended up spilling my guts to them on the three hours drive…

My mother had a gambling problem, she had such a problem that she borrowed money from everyone she could, my brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, even the gambling boat gave her a loan. My mother had dug herself a gambling debt for over a year without anyone questioning her. Tell me she’s not manipulative as hell…

For the next year, Tyler and Jordyn got married and she really tried to be there for Trey, even when Tyler wasn’t. There were some issues we had to deal with but Jordyn and I tried to get along for Trey’s sake. Once Tyler went back to his “old ways”, Jordyn found herself in the…

Treyson and I stayed in our small apartment for about 3 years when I noticed a man in his backyard playing with his Dobermans. It was just a joke naming him my “eye candy” while I was single. With Treyson’s daddy issues I couldn’t get myself to get close to anyone, afraid they would leave…

For Treyson’s first bday party, Tyler was caught smoking weed at my aunt’s house while we sang happy birthday. Tyler’s family was around but was never really helpful. They enabled Tyler and his addiction, I tried telling them that when I was pregnant, they didn’t listen.  Have you caught on yet? No, don’t worry, you…

How can three people be raised but the same two people and live their lives completely different than each other? I sat my parents down and expressed my concerns on Ben and his gf not helping with bills and not cleaning up after themselves. Why did I have to explain to my parents on the…

Once Trey was in my life, I had an opinion on things that I felt were important, like the house being clean for my kid to crawl. As I mentioned before, all of us back at our parents, Nick has 2 daughters that he gets every other weekend. Then Ben and his girlfriend, me and…

My dad, brothers, my aunt/uncle showed up to help move me back to my parents. I asked my Aunt Courtney to take Trey, so I could get more done. I was numb packing up my stuff, moving like a robot that can’t feel anything. Until Tyler finally showed up, I immediately called Tylers brothers to…

Right then my relationship with my mother became a reality check. I guess this could be considered my “Trauma Response”. From that moment forward I saw my mother in her true colors. I no longer had respect for her; it’s like I didn’t even know her at all. As our relationship grew further apart, I…

I ignored it completely, acted like I had seen a ghost or daydreamed it. I was in denial, but my mother would bring me back to reality when we went to visit her cousins for the weekend. The second night we stayed we got to drinking games and ended with Truth or Dare. Besides me…