10/10/2026
Just when I thought I was done crying in public…
I'm in the middle of Hobby Lobby when suddenly, I'm transported back to 2018.
I'm shopping for party supplies for our upcoming Fall Frenzy — our annual friends and family get-together.
If you know me, you know I love planning. I love hosting. I love all things food.
But what I don't often talk about is what was happening behind the scenes.
I was in an abusive marriage.
And while I was busy planning a party, I was also navigating the constant inner turmoil of living in a state of hypervigilance.
What it's like to sleep next to someone your body perceives as a danger.
What it's like when your body is screaming for something you can't seem to give yourself permission to acknowledge.
What it's like to suppress your needs because you've learned they don't matter to the person who's supposed to love you.
Suppressed. Invalidated. Overridden.
And no matter what I did or didn't do, said or didn't say, nothing was ever enough.
I was dying inside.
And there I was, in Hobby Lobby, experiencing the good, the bad, and the ugly of nearly a decade of my life — all compressed into 5 minutes.
Just like that, I was back there.
I share this because I know I'm not the only person who has lived through something that changed them in ways other people couldn't see.
Sometimes we're functioning on the outside while struggling to survive on the inside.
Sometimes we become so accustomed to overriding ourselves that we forget what it feels like to listen.
And sometimes, even years later, something as ordinary as shopping for party supplies can bring it all rushing back.
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