Christal Kelly

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    art,  blog,  dealing with life,  depression,  Grief,  new life

    three years

    December 9, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Today marks the third year of the day that I made my first attempt to end my life. My life as I knew it was ending. I had no way of knowing at the time how differently beautiful my life would become. I felt completely alone and the only way out that I could see was to end the intense…

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  • blog,  Dating,  divorce,  marriage,  new life

    So yeah, I got married

    November 10, 2020 / 5 Comments

    I literally found my match on Match – or rather, he found me. After spending about a year and a half on dating websites, I received a message from a man about 14 years older than me. The message alluded to the fact that he was out of my age range of what I had in my preferences, but he…

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  • blog,  dealing with life,  divorce,  new life

    Where have you been?

    October 8, 2020 / 6 Comments

    My friends who have followed me on this journey, I am so thankful that I had a place to share and heal. When I first started this blog, I was married, living in a rental house with my (then)husband. We were on our way to being empty-nesters and I knew that this might be a rocky journey for the both…

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    I’ve done a thing

    March 31, 2019 / No Comments

    Something that I have done a lot of over the year and half since the ex dropped the bomb is listen to podcasts. There are a lot available out there to listen to and cover everything from politics, true crime to self help. Prior to the bomb drop, I was partial to true crime podcasts, like Serial and Undisclosed. Then…

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  • blog,  divorce,  separation,  Write Into Light

    Mosaic

    August 25, 2018 / 1 Comment

    (Note: this is a piece I wrote for a course I’m doing by Martha Beck called “Write Into Light”.) Dear Broken One, I can see that you have loved a man for many years. Even though throughout the years, there have been many happy times, both have you have also seen many struggles that might have driven other people apart.…

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    Update on my life

    July 14, 2018 / No Comments

    There has been a lot going on with me since my last update. I have more good days than bad days, but I’ve been able to power through on the bad days and make it to the next, embracing it for the gift that it is.  I have to keep reminding myself that my Betty Ma (my maternal grandma) was…

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  • Adventures,  blog,  lifestyle,  separation,  Thoughts

    Living my Best Life

    February 19, 2018 / 1 Comment

    If someone had told me a year ago that I would buy a house that I love then have to sell it less than a year later, I would not have believed them. If someone had told me a year ago that my husband would involve himself with another woman, I would have laughed at them. If someone would have…

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