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.”
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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”
It’s 3am and I’m reflecting on my story (my abuser is pleading guilty to animal cruelty this week)
It’s 3am and I can’t sleep, but that’s typical these days. And when it’s 3am and I can’t sleep, my mind wanders. And it usually wanders to my story. To Court. To what lies ahead this week. And today, now, this 3am brings me back to my story. Particularly Daisy. And I’m beginning to cry,Continue reading “It’s 3am and I’m reflecting on my story (my abuser is pleading guilty to animal cruelty this week)”
June 23 & I bought my flight
It’s June 23. Four years since Kirby. And I just bought my flight back home. For trial. Here we go
Okay, so maybe not.
My last post about giving up this world of sharing my story and everything….mmmmm maybe not. Because immediately after I shared that post, I received (yet another) message from a woman who had been involved with my abuser. And it reminds me of why I share and do this. Also, trial is in 2 monthsContinue reading “Okay, so maybe not.”
3 years since Kirby
Three years ago today, Mathew Berry tortured my dog Kirby for 14 hours, ultimately leading to my dog’s death. Next month, I’m going to court where Mathew Berry is being criminally prosecuted for torturing and killing my dog Kirby. I’m so grateful. God is so good and I’m just so grateful.
3 years ago today, my abuser killed Daisy.
*our abuser And I’m doing ok today, surprisingly and gratefully. A blessing.
Sometimes I think about the horror
TW: animal abuse Sometimes I think about the horror of what he did. Listen, I’ve gone through a LOT of therapy. I’m in a good place. And, the fact stands that I experienced true horror and that is part of my story. Of our story. So sometimes I think about the horror. The cruelty. SometimesContinue reading “Sometimes I think about the horror”
Trauma + Grief + “this is my story”
My sister sent me a memory on Snapchat the other day. 3 clips. Each one was her playing and cuddling with Kirby. And it absolutely shattered my heart. My sister there with Kirby, love as pure as light. 5 years ago. And all I could think about was how Mathew Berry so cruelly, so horrifically,Continue reading “Trauma + Grief + “this is my story””
Two years without Daisy May
I was driving home from work on Monday and I started thinking about the day Daisy died and I couldn’t get this fact, this realization, out of my mind. The day Mathew Berry killed Daisy, I had been teaching a class via Zoom in the dining room of my apartment. He had taken Kirby andContinue reading “Two years without Daisy May”
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