The View from the Bridge: Why I’m Coming Back

15/04/26

TLDR: I’m breaking the silence. It’s time to bring the 18-month history up to the present day.

My last post went live on January 4th 2026.

What I posted was written on January 4th 2025, just past the one-year anniversary of my world imploding and my journey of healing beginning.

That, in case it hasn’t been clear to this point, has always been my protocol – publish my journal entries after a 12-month delay. That one year distance was a protective measure, allowing me time for healing and extra stability before exposing my traumas to the world.

Somehow, because of that protective twelve-month delay, the last post, looking at the stages of grief and where I sat within it, felt like a conclusion. After all, I was one year on from that, continuing to go from strength to strength.

I went quiet, and for a while, I thought that was enough.

But a beautiful friend of mine – a soulmate and a regular reader of these pages – has been gently (and correctly) pushing me. She pointed out that it isn’t quite fair to just vanish.

I’ve shared the wreckage with you. I’ve shared the confusion, the rage, and the moments where I felt completely depleted. I’ve shared the survival part of this story. However, if I stop now, the picture is pretty beige.

I realise I owe it to myself, and perhaps to those of you walking your own difficult paths, to complete the painting by adding the colours.

I need to demonstrate that it is absolutely feasible, not just to survive or cope, but to thrive.

Over the next few posts, I am going to break my usual twelve-month delay protocol. I’m going to fast-forward you through the last year-and-a-bit to bring you to the present day.

I want to show you the True Jess of today’s reality:

• Share with you the boundaries I’ve set,
• The incredible tribe I’ve built, and
• The blueprint for a future that I’m finally running to.

The ghosts have been cleared out. Neither I, nor my house, are beige. And the story isn’t over.

Watch this space.

MUSIC OF THE DAY:

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