What's This About

An Introduction

In the beginning she seemed to have the perfect life - loving husband, nice home, big fenced yard with enough of a garden for getting hands dirty, paid bills with money leftover and two adorable kids. Twenty years later, she’s got a cozy home full of love, a better (if overgrown) garden, bills paid with her own (albeit limited) funds, amazing grown kids and no husband. What happened?

Think of this as a journal written by the aunt who went missing. If you’ve wakened in the night wondering how you can make it any longer in your “perfect” life, you might see your life in these posts. You might find explanations for why, from the outside, your life looks perfect, but from the inside, it’s anything but.

I discovered narcissism the hard way. Don’t we all? Discover how my kids and I managed to make it out the other side.

This is a compilation of two blogs: survivingnarcissism.com and jessblayne.com. If you’ve been along for this crazy ride, it’s nice to see you again.

If you are new here, welcome! I hope you find explanations, solace and someone who speaks your language.