About Us

No, it's not my real name.  Though I like it better. It's just a pen name to protect the people I care about who might be collatoral damage from my blog.  My goal isn't to hurt, but to shine a light on those things that turned me into a neurotic, anxious, closet binge-eating, uptight, control freak. 

And then how I crawled out. 

So, you can call me Marnie.

Born and raised in Oregon, raised in an Assembly of God church (lovely pepole but no thank you), married twice, the first one ended in death.  No, I didn't kill him.  

He was sick for a long time before he passed away just after our 10th anniversary.

We had 4 kids together.

 I later remairred and apparently he likes me cause he's kept me all this time. *shrug

Now I own and operate a bookstore in the North of the South for fun and profit. 

I'll share my story as we go along together in the blog and we'll talk about all the things that make life good, bad, ugly, and sometimes precious beyond words. 

I have little mercy for my younger self.  She was such a scared little hippy.  Hippy on the inside, acceptable Christian young lady on the outside.  What a mess.  Follow along and we'll compare stories and heal together.