Shannii Maree – Strong Without Realising
Life through the eyes of a woman who had no idea how strong she was becoming
I remember at the start of covid, myself and two friends had taken ourselves on a hike. I had parked far away so by the time we finished our 4 hour long journey we didn’t want to walk back to the car. We asked an Asian man who we happened to be walking next to
In my short life so far I am in my second marriage. I have 3 children. Plus 1 we chose not to bring earth side. I have owned many businesses. I have lived a life of luxury. I have lived a life of crime. I have beaten pancreatic cancer. I have beaten the darkness that
Empathy. I wonder how much people have turned off their empathy switch. Yet thinking they have all the empathy in the world? Telling people to stay home and do the right thing. While being employed by businesses who still pay their wages. Meanwhile small businesses who are told to shut need to find ways of
This past week has been a shit one. Yep I said it. I have felt all over the show emotion wise, without an evident reason. But then my husband injured himself really badly on his bike and now is struggling to walk, which means he can’t be out in the truck, which means paying an
I am so bored with the “I got my vaccine” posts 🙄 I am so bored with the “I’m never getting that vaccine” posts 🙄 I am so bored with the mind control and bullshit and holier than thou attitudes being shared on social media. I am so bored with the people who say they
Have you ever experienced the fear of fear? Fear gets to the best of us at times. And sometimes it is nothing more than a fear of being afraid itself. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and I feel like the state of the world right now is causing
There is something that just breaks my heart when I hear someone who was in an abusive relationship apologize. Saying sorry for not leaving earlier. For wanting to help. For seeing the best in another human. Apologizing for the hurt it’s caused family and friends. It really breaks my heart that someone who has been
When you feel that heaviness what do you do? Do you allow it to flow or do you tighten up like a screw? Forcing things into holes that they don’t really fit. Hoping maybe one day you will manage to forget all about it. Praying those feelings will just disappear But instead finding out they
Today I am tired. Today I want to cry. And rage. Seeing that some people value their lives and health at the cost of a doughnut, a beer, $300. To see the utter vitriol being spewed forth by some breaks my heart. I want to go back into my shell and sleep forever and never
My kids have seen me laughing. My kids have seen me breaking down. My kids have seen me in raw, primal, unbound sadness where I didn’t control any of the sounds coming out of me. And I love that. Because what doesn’t seem like very long ago I was a woman who held it all
Shannii Maree - Strong Without Realising 