Reflections on My Journey from Shipwreck to Shore

How I learned to float and swim — physically and metaphorically — after the shipwreck of sexual betrayal last year.

Dear Ponders,

Happy 2025! As I sit in front of this blank new page pondering what transpired in 2024 and looking ahead, a deep sense of gratitude fills my heart. I say this with gravitas. For most of last year, grateful was a feeling that was almost impossible to summon. I simply couldn’t find it amid the shipwreck of sexual betrayal and the end of a rel…