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Jan 23, 2023 6 tweets 1 min read
It is a horrible beautiful life to parent a child who is slowly slipping away.

I know I am not alone.

I know so many of you sit in this place with me, or once did.

I’ve been writing a lot of poetry lately to deal with the grief. This is for you friends, who get it….

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On Regret
—————
He lies
asleep
in the next room
will I regret
I didn’t lie down
next to him
every night
before he soars
every night
since birth

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Aug 29, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
When we tell someone, especially the first someone, about an abuse or other very painful experience, it’s like we’re standing in the middle of a trashed room, furniture smashed, spray paint everywhere, shit smeared on the walls.

We open the door and wait.

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The listener has several options. They can run the other way thinking, “I don’t want to know about that room. Never saw it. Never did.”

Or

They can peek in, poke their head in, comment on how messy it is, wish us luck, and maybe even recommend a cleaning service.

Or

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Jul 14, 2022 11 tweets 2 min read
My therapist recently helped me understand parts of my story in one simple sentence:

Your willpower cannot overcome your environment.

If you google that concept, you can find books and articles, secular and religious, that endorse that reality.

Personally, she was

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My therapist was responding to my questioning why, for so many years, did I feel like:

I didn’t deserve respect
I wasn’t a good mother
I wasn’t attractive
I shouldn’t acknowledge my accomplishments
I shouldn’t have my own needs or wants

The answer was simple.

2/
Jan 19, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Let’s talk a little more about Suzanne, Jeremy and Brian showing up at my divorce hearing

*on temporary parenting time*

Let’s back up a little in the timeline…+

julieroys.com/dave-ramsey-bo… In late April 2019 at a Ramsey staff meeting, Dave went all out on sexual immorality and don’t do anything you wouldn’t want on a billboard.

The ONE man who knew anything about my situation said, oh this is it. They’re going to bite the bullet and do the hard thing.+
Jan 19, 2022 14 tweets 3 min read
As much as Ramsey admits in the audios here, they still mischaracterize. A few observations to consider:

1. I’ve hoped and prayed for them to own their behavior with transparency and remorse, individually and corporately. That has not happened.

julieroys.com/dave-ramsey-bo… 2. Bringing things into the light is healthy. Accountability is healthy. The truth is godly. The lies abound and I wish it weren’t so. Success built on lies and bullying certainly isn’t what God calls us to.