Red's Crystals and Cauldrons

05/02/2026

Another book on my recommended reading list. Has been a tear jerker, but I'm starting to see what I've done my whole life.

Finding boundaries for yourself and enforcing them is essential when dealing with people like that. Rest assured, they will paint you out to be the bad guy. They'll call you refusing to allow them to gaslight you and manipulate you "rage baiting." They'll claim you were the abusive one for expecting to be treated better. They'll be sitting in jail, 10 months down the road, still using people they've cheated on you with and lied to you about to prove their innocence. Mine is off the drugs now, or so he claims, and isn't any better. Research DARVO. Research DIMMER. And then get yourself out.

The narcissists training him to be this way, that created this monster in the first place, aren't any better. Birds of a feather.

From one victim to another, share your story. The abuse was quiet. The healing will be loud AF.

04/26/2026

Pointing out what happened to you isn't drama or bullying. Js. Lying about what you did to somebody to make them look like the villain in your story, gathering a massive group of haters to buy in to it, and the trying to bully one person into silence is kind of a give away that perhaps that one person isn't really that guilty.

04/24/2026

Had a sweet tooth...

⭐Googled strawberry dessert not cake. Google brought me to a strawberry cobbler recipe that looked simple enough. Have never had it before in my 36 years of life. Breh. Why TF have I not eaten it?⭐

Recipe: 🥄
-1 pint strawberries, washed, sliced.
-1 cups of self rising flour or in my case 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1.25 tsp baking powder, pinch of salt
-2 TBS melted butter
-3/4ths cup + 3 TBS granulated sugar
-1 cup milk, whole milk preferred.

Put strawberries in a 9x9 baking dish, or in my case a small glass casserole dish. Sprinkle with 3 TBS granulated sugar, and put small hunks of softened butter all over.

In a bowl mix flour, remaining sugar, and milk together until flour is just moistened. Recipe said don't over mix. Dump on top of strawberries and bake at 350⁰ for one hour.

⭐I served it warm by itself but I'd bet some fresh whipped cream or some good vanilla ice cream would be delicious. I'm actually trying to put some weight back on after a tragic unexpected weight loss, so I'm indulging in treats more often. This was a friggin good one. ⭐

Treat yourself! 🍓

04/24/2026

🍽️ 🐷 Made a pork tenderloin roast for dinner tonight. That brings me back to something I was doing forever ago, but got harassed out of.🐷🍽️

✨ Today I am grateful for having a roof over my head, food in my belly and that I have time to spend with my little.

Something I did for myself today was put makeup on just because. No plans, no reason to go out. Just felt like it, so I did.✨

🔮 What are you grateful for??🔮

04/23/2026

I'm usually a proponent of loving yourself just the way you are but if you know me you know I believe in putting it TF on as well.

Do what makes you happy. Do what makes you feel good. Don't let anybody tell you what to be. Love yourself in all forms.

04/23/2026

Shrimp scampi, corn, asparagus and a baked potato because foodie. Then to take a long hot shower, restart my yoga program, and maybe journal. Working on getting back to myself one day at a time.

Emotional trauma can take the everything out of you, but not letting it win involves nurturing your body and soul. Tonight, we feast!

04/22/2026

Not me wiping my overwhelmed tears off with an emotional support kitty. Lol. And then the laughter comes and realignment follows. I got this.

04/22/2026

Bacon egg and cheese breakfast taco. With a bacon taco shell. Creative food counts as art, right?!

04/22/2026