Secrets, Scars and Heart Shaped Jars

Life interruptions come in many forms; illness, divorce, job loss, death. After the upheaval of an unexpected divorce in 1995 I thought, "well, thank goodness that's over." I can learn the lesson, collect the badge, dust myself off and move on. Surely the worst was behind me, with clear sailing and happiness ahead.

Little did I know, the worst was yet to come.

I was still to experience an unexpected job loss, multiple relocations, and an immersion into the world of addiction with encounters I...