Author: Ashley A

• Part 2: Grief from a Personal Perspective

  Content Warning 🤍 This post discusses grief, traumatic loss, post-traumatic stress, addiction, and the death of a loved one. While graphic details are not included, the content may be emotionally difficult for some readers. Please take care of yourself while reading. Support resources are encouraged if this brings up difficult emotions. 💜 Resources are avaliable…

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  January 11, 2026

• Grief, Part 1: Understanding What Grief Really Is

  Content Warning: This post discusses grief, trauma, addiction, and loss. Please take care of yourself while reading. 🤍 Grief is one of the most universal human experiences—and one of the most misunderstood. It is often reduced to sadness, expected to follow a predictable timeline in certain stages, and quietly tolerated only for a short period…

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  Ashley A

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  January 4, 2026

• Fentanyl Crisis: The Facts We Can’t Ignore

  For the month of January, I will be dedicating the blog entries to Dustin —because both his birthdate and the day he left us fall in January. If you know my story, then you probably know at least some of his. But his full story, at least as I knew him, deserves to be written.…

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  December 28, 2025

• Apologies for the early publish

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  December 27, 2025

• How Silence, Systems, and Survival Made Abuse Seem Normal: A Survivor’s Perspective

  Content Warning: This post discusses domestic violence, childhood trauma, and emotional, psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. Please take care of yourself while reading. This is a detailed recall in a nutshell with my experience related to domestic violence. Resources are included at the end and on the Resource page of the website. Opening: A Personal Truth…

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  December 21, 2025