The Journal

Notes from the road back to myself.

Short, honest writing on faith, family, healing, and starting over.

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Behind the Book · July 24, 2025

My Memoir

Coming 🔜 📖 What does your book look like? Because your happiness—what you were chasing all that time—was never in the titles or the trophies. It wasn’t in yo…

Behind the Book · February 19, 2024

Never Quit

I came across this poem in a motivational piece. I had to share the author is unknown 💪🏽. When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re …

Behind the Book · December 29, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end.

As 2023 comes to an end. I’m excited to say this New Year will bring new challenges and adventures. I had to put aside the Marathon des Sables due to the ris…

Behind the Book · October 19, 2023

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Behind the Book · March 28, 2023

22 years ago

As a 45-year-old woman, I look back on my experience with Playboy with a sense of gratitude and absolutely no regrets. It's crazy to think that after 22 year…

Behind the Book · January 23, 2022

Hef

Soon there is a new documentary that will come out about the life of Hugh Hefner that has painted both him and life at the Playboy mansion in a negative ligh…

Behind the Book · January 10, 2020

Walcott/Archuleta Ain't about what you did, it's what you became from it. N.F.

I could not wait to change my name! There was a point where I was going to change my first and last name! Haha I’ll spare you the name. Throughout my life w…

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