Hey there, welcome! I’m Lisa and I’m so happy you’ve found your way here. I hope you’ll end up liking what you see.
So, what’s this “Grown Ass Woman” thing about, anyway? Well, lots of stuff. Most of all, it’s about…
Maybe, through whatever situation you may find yourself in, you’ve arrived at the decision that life just ain’t like you thought it would be. Maybe there is something you want to do that somehow just isn’t happening.
Or maybe, like me, you got knocked on your ass.
For many years I had a very blessed life. I had a handsome husband with whom I shared a 20+ year marriage, two great kids, and an adorable dog. There were challenges, sure, but we got through them and mostly enjoyed a pretty privileged life for which I was grateful.
Then, three years ago, the rug got pulled out from under me as I got hit by three separate personally devastating events in the span of a week. The trauma of the rapid-fire blows was debilitating. My life was forever changed.
I was reeling for weeks, and it took months to slowly pick myself up off the ground. I was forced to re-evaluate my life and it was as though I had dropped my rose-colored glasses and saw things clearly for the first time. It wasn’t pretty, realizing how many ways I’d deluded myself. It was especially difficult to finally comprehend how much a hand I myself had had in my life’s unraveling. Nothing was as I thought – not my marriage, not my life, and not me as a person.
I made it through.
Little by little I got stronger. Months of therapy helped