Thursday, March 14, 2024 As my current pregnancy with our rainbow baby comes to its close in a few short months, I’m feeling a lot for the one we lost. It’s bittersweet, because the reality is and forever will be that this beautiful girl I carry inside me now would not exist without the lossContinue reading “One year ago we found out I was pregnant with the baby we lost”
Author Archives: Sarah's Story
Privacy & Safety as a survivor of DV
I survived domestic abuse and then left my home state of Illinois to get away from my abuser. He had been driving around trying to find me, threatening to come find me, and then ultimately was charged & convicted with violating my order of protection for it. So I left Illinois for my safety. ThenContinue reading “Privacy & Safety as a survivor of DV”
The supplies from the day he killed Kirby.
I’ve held onto the supplies from the day Mathew Berry tortured and killed my dog Kirby for almost five years now. And now, today, just now, I said goodbye to them and threw them away. I said goodbye to the choke collar he used to torture Kirby. The one where that morning, he saw itContinue reading “The supplies from the day he killed Kirby.”
a health update on my dog: he had a tumor
My dog Joey is my baby. I kind of relate him to Daisy in that they just are/were/forever will be my absolute babies and soul pups. I mean, look at that face, do ya blame me?? At the beginning of January, I noticed Joey had a bump growing on the left side of his head,Continue reading “a health update on my dog: he had a tumor”
This pregnancy is hard
I’m sitting here writing this as I’m halfway through my 3 hour glucose test, feeling like I might pass out, so if this post stops halfway through you’ll know why. I took the 26 week glucose test last weekend. They had to poke my arm in 2 places for all the blood work. I mentionContinue reading “This pregnancy is hard”
Looking at my abuser + PTSD
I saw my abuser in person in court. Obviously. And I’m reflecting on that. That man, that human being, wants nothing to do with me now, except maybe to harm me and get me off his back as I’ve shouted his ugly truth to the world. And for a time in our lives, that humanContinue reading “Looking at my abuser + PTSD”
The Case’s Grand Finale + Reflection
Yesterday, my abuser and the man who killed both of my dogs, Mathew Berry, pleaded guilty to the animal cruelty crime he committed against Kirby on June 23, 2020. I delivered an impact statement, and I’m sure I’ll share that in written form here soon but for now, know that it served its purpose andContinue reading “The Case’s Grand Finale + Reflection”
It was 4 years ago that I found out for certain what he did to Daisy.
And tomorrow, I get to look him in the eye and tell him I know.
Kirby’s 11th Birthday
Today is Kirby’s 11th birthday. There’s so much to say but really all it is is I hate that he’s not here and I miss him. These are the days Kirby should be here with us and he’s not because of one man’s intentional acts. And nothing will ever, ever bring my beloved baby boyContinue reading “Kirby’s 11th Birthday”
Sarah's Story 