I believe you should always follow your heart no matter what it leads you to. My heart led me through some horrible times, but it has made me who I am today! I invite you to check out my site, learn about my journey as a single mom of 3 who has survived years of domestic abuse! I started this to help ME heal, but if my story hits home for 1 person and helps them love themselves a little more, makes them feel they are not alone in this and/or gives them the strength to walk away from their abuser......EVEN BETTER!

I am still learning to love myself every day and NOT see what he made me see in the mirror!

Six Years

It has been two weeks since my six-year anniversary free from my abuser. I have been writing this blog for over a month because I wasn't sure how much I wanted to share of my last year. It has been quite eventful. Some really amazing times and some not-so-amazing times. I will say that my support system still helps me through my toughest times. I realized as we get older, we lose some people, gain some people, and some people become more present or less present in our lives.

Dina DeLong

20 minutes ago5 min read

Five Years and Living My Best Life

I had always worried what my 5-year anniversary would feel like. If year two, three and four were so hard physically and mentally, year...

Dina DeLong

Feb 22, 20257 min read

4 Years Freed and Still Healing

My actual anniversary date is February 22nd, but writing about it before sometimes helps minimize the anxiety on that day. I still...

Dina DeLong

Feb 14, 20247 min read

Stumbled Upon An Old Draft In My Emails

I was cleaning out my emails because I had over 10,000. Sooooo if you ever email me other than on here, just know I don’t check that...

Dina DeLong

Nov 19, 20236 min read

3 Years Free

As my three-year anniversary of being free from seven years of mental, verbal and physical abuse approaches, so many things have happened...

Dina DeLong

Feb 20, 202311 min read

Lots can happen in 8 months

I have sat down and written a handful of blogs in the past few months, but deleted every single one. It feels good to write down my...

Dina DeLong

Nov 1, 20228 min read

2 Years Freed

It’s crazy to think it has been 2 years since what I thought at the time was the worst day of my life and I had nothing, but really it...

Dina DeLong

Feb 22, 20224 min read

Gone Too Soon

The past month has been tough! My beautiful, free spirited and stubborn cousin was brutally beaten, left for days to die in a trailer and...

Dina DeLong

Dec 18, 20215 min read

World Series

It’s been awhile again. Guess that means life has been busy and good. I gotta say life has been pretty great actually. I finally feel I...

Dina DeLong

Sep 20, 20215 min read

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