Welcome, my name is Tina, and I am a writer who has been stuffing that down, trying to survive, for the last decade.

Recently, the love of my life suffered a cardiac arrest. There is so much neither of us knew would, or could, happen in that instance. I process through writing, there is *much* to process, and I am hoping that sharing our story will help others who face a similar scenario, now or in the future.

We both came out of abusive marriages years prior to meeting. Where that plays a part in our story, it will be written about. I want you who may be in that situation, to know there is life after, and you *can* get free, survive, heal (lifelong process, one step at a time), and have a life. It is absolutely not easy, but it is worth fighting for, and you are strong enough, no matter what it feels like.

And…there are still bills to pay, and more of them now. I am trying to get an Etsy or other store going while I’m on FMLA, but in the meantime may list my designs here if I can figure out how to add a sales page. I used a business acct so that hopefully I can do so.

I have long loved the writings of Tolkien, Lewis, & MacDonald. Gandalf’s line in the movie – “That is not for us to decide. All we must decide is what to do with the time that we are given” has long hit me like a loving punch in the gut. This time I have left with Neil, however long it is, is certainly “time we have been given.”