<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lorri Britt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lorri Britt]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:52:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lorribritt.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[many moments forming one identity.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You ever feel like this? Like the picture a little distorted. Or is it just a me thing? I am going to presume that I am not alone in this feeling and if I am well now you are all aware of it. Sometimes when I see myself in a reflection I think who the fuck are you? You kinda look like me yet some of it feels distorted for many reasons I presume. First time I remember it happening was after I was assaulted at 19. Long story, poor choices? Life lessons? Who knows all the reasons, however it was...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/many-moments-forming-one-identity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de51dbba58ff824505a370</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_6f12a54504124cb1ae8fd1168578ada2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_427,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIGURING IT OUT FRIDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Figuring it out Friday, yep because I missed Sunday shout out, Tuesday talk about ( I'd take Annie Fit s two cent Tuesday, however, mine is never the penny version, its always the dollar version), Wednesday Wisdom and Thursday Thoughts... so here we are Figuring it out Friday. As for many of us, I am sure we can all relate to this picture, giving to our children a piece of ourselves to make them whole. This is the tricky part, because we are wounded humans with pieces already missing and here...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/figuring-it-out-friday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c7d144a937958fa7df2bec</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_f4956108b8a6403781e2562eb1f1cc25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midlife Crises? A little lost? Or just time for a change?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t know about the rest of you, however, at the ripe older age of 56 I really thought I would have it more figured out. Yet today here I am wonder what the fuck I want to do when I grow up? What feels good? What do I enjoy? What kind a person am I, really? Do I even know? What are my qualities, defects and lastly what the fuck is my purpose? Ya I know I dropped a couple F bombs not because I am unintelligent and don’t know the English language, its because sometimes it just has that...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/midlife-crises-a-little-lost-or-just-time-for-a-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c4490b2d097f708bf9f7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:12:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_e28f45bf45dc4582bfca10ba2fb31dd0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection, Evaluate, Start Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[There wasn’t a lot of breath time in-between 2023 and 2024. My reflection between those two where wtf just happened. So this year I really wanted to process my year and not just move into 2025 scattered frazzled and burnt out. LOL good luck Lor. So I did a short evaluation. Still dealing with Liberty living here and having to ask her not to come back till clean. Love, Love her so very much and even so, it was hard on the family and myself. Dealing/working with the ministry, her dad, and her...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/reflection-evaluate-start-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c41a6a55b9536d4c7ebc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_269e2dd2a4c84178bda02291f7bd8b8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train Wreck]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know….What a title hey, however how many of us have felt like that. How many of us have hung our heads and hoped no one else would see it. Which I laugh at, because if we feel like we are a train wreck, then most likely others can see it as well. Then getting to the definition of what train wreck means to each and everyone of us, and how vastly different it can be. Some people feel like a train wreck when they tango with some heavier emotions, when they feel unstable and not fully in check....]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/train-wreck</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3e76a55b9536d4c7e58</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_5e6d9edd4cae4ca68278e2c3039364b6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke this morning with a bit of a heavy heart. Not because today I turn 55, because at 55 there are still things I long for from my family. Acceptance, understanding and comfort of knowing I am loved. I know most people are like get over it, your an adult, move on and many other sayings of dismissiveness. It isn’t that I haven’t moved on, or stepped over it and carried on, I have though I still have the tug at my heart on my birthday. It starts when my mom makes a loose plan with me or a...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/celebrating-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3cd0b2d097f708bf8f6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_6abf7e210fae4985920b6801dacad6cf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Mental Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[So as you can see from my prior stories, we got some shit. Man who am I kidding we had a lot of shit. The cycle of mental health and addiction was in full force at our place. Both of my parents had a parent that struggled with addiction of some sort. My moms biological dad was an alcoholic, charming, charismatic and mean as fuck, with some serious issues that I can only presume were past down from his own childhood home. My moms mom was brilliant, talented, creative and stuck in a time where...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/more-mental-health</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3b09b806d1e110382a0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:09:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Health Month Cont]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do not remember a ton of my childhood. I remember bits and pcs. I remember the rage, the not good enough, the mood swings, the outburst, and did I mention the rage :(. I am sure my mother did not intend for me to feel less than, unworthy or unlovable, however, it is very much the message that I got. Even the things I do not remember I know because she would tell me. I can not tell you how many times I heard the story of her not being able to comfort me as a baby and that she had to call my...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/mental-health-month-cont</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3819b806d1e11038238</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:09:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[May is Mental Health Awareness Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love that we are becoming more and more aware as a society. I am grateful that they have months dedicated to awareness on certain things. I love that people partake and are more aware and active in that month. For myself it isn’t just a month of awareness. For myself it has been a lifetime. From parents to children, spouses to friends. Mental health has lived in my day to day life from the time I arrived until this day. I am sure once I am gone it will continue to live on in my families...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/may-is-mental-health-awareness-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3619b806d1e110381e7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:08:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95011e_f31d7faf856a466d8a1997c12f14d466~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodreads Winners and Launch Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goodreads Giveaw I wanted to thank all of you personally, that entered for the 100 kindle giveaway.I also wanted to congratulate the 100 kindle giveaway winners. Yaahooo I really hope you enjoy the read. I appreciate you all My Heart Behind Bars: A Mother’s Journey of Grief, Incarceration, Love and Forgiveness My Heart Behind Bars: A Mother’s Journey of Grief, Incarceration, Love and Forgiveness  Lorri Britt I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that has been so supportive in my...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/goodreads-winners-and-launch-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c3281e55646770012cf0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:07:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHANGES]]></title><description><![CDATA[So many changes, I sometimes am not sure where it all starts and where it all ends. Some days I can wake up and think…you got this and in the very next breath I can be WTF, where do I start. lol I am not sure if this is common or if I am just one of the lucky ones that gets a whirlwind kinda life. This year in particular has been different and full of change. We expect some of it, you know as we age. we anticipate menopause man or women we have to deal with it. women in it and men with the...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c2f1889819a51f0ab868</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:06:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions and Thoughts I Wake Up With?]]></title><description><![CDATA[You ever wake up and think this is going to be a great day, you get ready and head to get you and your crew coffee. You look down and realize you still have your slippers on. You grab all the coffees and go drop them off, only to realize that you didn’t order yours. You positively, cuz it going to be a great day, think I will grab mine on the way back after I go get my work shoes on. You head home, you have plenty of time, till you hit the school zone and the guy in front of you doesn’t end...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/questions-and-thoughts-i-wake-up-with</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c2ca1e55646770012c22</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:06:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister Suzi 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day after my sisters surgery she turned 57, I silently wished her a happy birthday. I was in Nanaimo and she was in Vancouver in neuro ICU. It had been 5 days since her aneurysm and we had moved from futile no surgery to dang i guess we best do surgery if she is going to have a chance to continue to survive. now here we sat, waiting to see. It was all up to her, how much fight did she have? how much more could her body handle? surprisingly a lot. She went through infection, she went...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/sister-suzi-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c2a9889819a51f0ab7be</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:05:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister Suzi 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once in Vancouver and at the hospital we made our way to the neuro icu area, called to go see her and they told us to come back. I don’t know why i was mad about it however i was. I wanted to see her, i wanted to be close and as much as i wanted to get in they were not going to let me so reluctantly i turned and walked back down the hall towards towards the waiting room. My sister Patti and niece Jessica were on route so we went down to the lobby cafeteria to wait for them. We waited the...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/sister-suzi-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c2929b806d1e1103801c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:05:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister Suzi 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[I left off with my parents holding hands walking in to say good bye to their daughter, unknowing for how long. A helicopter ride, a ferry ride, a moment or forever. There is something about seeing your parents older, heartbroken and capable of loving each other through it. I felt blessed and broken all at once. Ya i cried not only for them for Suzi and for myself. They must have been running out of time because the nurse came back out a few moments later and told me that i was able to go in...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/sister-suzi-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c2544ef7940ceeefdc84</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:04:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister Suzi 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a sister, obviously by the title her name is Suzi. Though if you were to meet her you would address her as Sue, if you didn’t know her and you were meeting her professionally you would call her Susan. My reason for this post was I am suppose to be starting to promote my book and I will do that however not today. Today I want to talk about my sister. You may wonder why at such a critical time in promoting and publishing am I choosing to talk about my sister instead of making you more...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/sister-suzi-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c23b6a55b9536d4c7ace</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:03:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Being a Procrastinator Baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been avoiding writing on here, mostly because I feel like I ought to be finishing up the last bit of the book instead of putting thoughts down that the majority of the time I don’t post. I can not tell you how many unposted write ups I have. Maybe today I will surprise myself. I seem to be in that mood. I have been doing everything under the sun but finishing up the last of the book. I told my bff Tim ( editor or next in command guy) that I would submit my stuff before Christmas, and...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/stop-being-a-procrastinator-baby</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c21d6a55b9536d4c7a90</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:03:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Been Awhile]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke this morning with you in my thoughts, nothing new there. I sat for a moment and thought about the sting in my heart, the sadness in which it carried. I thought about the things i would do if you were with us today, if i was able to reach you and what i would say. It reminded me of that song i hear…… if i would have know , that you wouldn’t be here anymore, i would have made the moments last a little longer… now your just a memory in my mind, i would have givin anything to say goodbye....]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/it-s-been-awhile</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c1ff9b806d1e11037f01</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:02:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection, Perception and Everything Inbetween]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have had much time to sit and reflect over the last few weeks as many of us have had.  I don’t need to be self isolating or quarantined to sit back and think about things, reflect on my life, my behaviours, my journey.  I have always been a self analyzer, pull myself apart, examine, dissect, hammer the parts I feel I don’t like or want to change and try to place myself back together.  It doesn’t stop there the parts that I don’t like or the feelings that come with some of the reflection,  I...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/reflection-perception-and-everything-inbetween</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c1e39b806d1e11037eca</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:02:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heartbreak, Healing and Tattoos]]></title><description><![CDATA[So it has been a long while since I have posted anything on here. I had these great intentions that I was going to practice writing on here, get things out, talk about the things that no one really wants to talk about, well that seems to have been an epic fail. big sigh. So much has gone on and I have put so little into writing, well on here anyways. I write lots and often, the truth be told I guess I am still having a hard time sharing with the world, leaving myself open and vulnerable. I...]]></description><link>https://www.lorribritt.com/post/heartbreak-healing-and-tattoos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983bfd50b2d097f708befde</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d27af2_3521142111e148ab99a36e9e16345d6e~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lorri Britt</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>