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No More Eggshells
I am staring at a white screen wondering what is going to go on this paper. I have so many thoughts running through my head that I do not know which one to focus on. I have so many emotions gathering going in all different directions trying to find a safe place to land but
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Battered
I sat in the Emergency department of a major hospital and watched the tech stitch my hand up and put ice on my busted lip. I was 19 years old, and I was 19 years old, and I was so broken. How did I get here? I kept avoiding eye contact with the women’s specialist
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Love Is Not Enough
I do not care how many times someone tells you they love you, if they continue to berate and demean you, walk away. Love is not always enough. It does not matter how many designer bags and shoes he buys you; if he does not respect you, saying he loves you, is not enough. There
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Change the Things I Cannot Accept
“make peace with your broken pieces” The inability to change behaviors is the catalyst for disaster. The unwillingness to say “I am wrong, I was wrong” keeps me bound to negative outcomes. If I am not capable of hearing, I am not capable of learning, and if I am not capable of learning, I am
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Knowing your worth is critical
Know your worth! Sometimes we get so lonely, so empty, and even so desperate not to be alone, we lose our self-worth. We settle or we stay in bad relationships for the sake of being in one. For the sake of not being alone. We tell ourselves we have been together for so many years.
Hey, I’m Vikee
I am a licensed certified supervised addictions counselor, a published author, alumni of The House of Ruth Outreach Volunteer Program, and the co-owner of Montebello Medical Billing, Coding, and Consulting Company, LLC.
“One day you will rise above all the insecurities, fear, guilt, and shame, you will shed others’ opinions of you and be the Phoenix you were purposed to be!“
— Vikee
Footsteps To Freedom 