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December 31, 2019 / 16 Comments

HELLO WORLD

My name is Lindsey, Pinz for short. This blog has been a long time coming, but you’ll have to excuse my rusty writing skills as we embark together. I will get better, I promise. I have created this space really because when my life bottomed out from under me two and half years ago I couldn’t find what I needed to support me. There where no blogs, no journals, no books (that I could see) to re assure me that what I was going through – what I had done, was survivable. 

Good news. I DID survive, am surviving. Actually I am doing better than that or I wouldn’t be here. This blog is for those of us who need a place to call home. Its for the mis fits, the drunk who can’t seem to pull it together, the lost, the bulimic who can’t stop, the cutter, the anorexic who see’s no end despite the family she is scaring, the mother who does not have custody of her babies, the liar, the cheat, the kid they call “the bully” (don’t you worry we are going to give you a new name this year), the one who suffers with anxiety- you know who you are and the label you assume. This is your new place. 

This is not a place for victims, and yes I know how that sounds but hear me…..this place is for the warriors that have lost their way. The ones who have a fire burning in their belly and are afraid, but more afraid to die inside instead. This is the home of the fighter and a safe haven where the world has not turned its back on you.  I don’t follow a lot of rules but I have a few for us here. We have to show up, we have to be kind, we have to be patient, and we HAVE to be honest. We’ll use the word vulnerability in place of honesty a lot but make no mistake, they mean the same thing. 

I curse a little. I don’t belong to organized religion anymore (that story to come) but I am Gods girl, through and through. I have walked (walking) through divorce, infidelity (both by my ex husband and myself), two of my three children have been given diagnosis that present their own challenges. I know pain as I am sure you do as well. I know shame and loss in a visceral sort of way. But, I also know rising. And I know how to fight. 

Each Monday I will release more of my story, which is really your story, and together we will figure this shit out. Like I said, I know how to fight and I am a good teacher. So come hang out! All I ask is you be kind, be patient, and be honest. Welcome home.

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16 Comments

  • Lesley Kasten

    January 1, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Wow!! Very happy see this happening! Lean in little one……no mountain too high, no ocean too wide!!

  • Nikki K

    January 1, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    I’m so excited for you! I’m proud of you, and grateful for your honesty and willingness to let it out and help us all be a little more real! Let’s do this 2020!

  • Shalyn

    January 3, 2020 at 12:20 am

    Congrats and Happy New Year to my oldest dearest friend! I say “old” only because we have been friends for the last 100 years (give or take)! I am so very proud of you and super excited to embark on this journey with you. This is the Lindsey I met and this is the Lindsey I will grow old and laugh with. Your friend and follower forever, -Shay

    • lindseyboasso

      January 5, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      Thank you for always following me, for leading me in many seasons, but most of all for just never LEAVING ME!!

  • Jeanne Lederman

    January 4, 2020 at 2:56 am

    Oh Ms Penz! I am SOOOO proud of you!! You have learned in your young life that you can help others best by simply being honest. What a wonderful “home” to offer others. I love you sweet lady…

  • Margret Fenner (Genest)

    January 4, 2020 at 7:23 am

    The timing of this adventure is stunning. You will always be my sweet flower girl and no matter what brought us here, thank you, for your willingness to create a new home right here for those who also seek to forge forward thru whatever may come while truly appreciating and reciprocating the comfort, encouragement, and understanding that belonging brings.