July 2016 • Roots to Hold Me

Lovable? Valuable? Important? —–Blocked by my Trauma Super Powers

Pain….my chest is tight….no air. Breathe, just breathe….the air does not come naturally, I have to force it…..conscious effort. My brain is flooded with questions…..I watch his every move looking for the betrayal….looking for the...

The Day I Had to be Checked for an STD

My head is spinning and my chest hurts. I don’t want to be here. I can’t believe that I am here. I for sure never saw this in my future. I look around teh large office. It is spacious, I want to nestle myself in a corner, to hide myself, but the...

Can You Keep Your Kids From Getting An Addiction?

I sat in her office, head down and shoulders slumped. “Too many similarities,” she said. My mind was swimming. My counselor had extensive experience working in an addiction recovery program. I looked at her, I had only found evidence a handful of...

If Only I Was Different

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I wish that I was ‘Just Different’ I wish that I could always say the right things so that I wouldn’t hurt people. I wish that all my suffering was gone and that triggers and trauma didn’t exist. I wish...

The Images Were Beautiful, I Don’t Look Like That

I had no idea what was in the box when we received it. A package from his brother! Weird, he was on a mission for his church, getting a package from a missionary was unusual. Sending packages, now that would have been the norm. I was curious to see what he would...

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Who is Norma?

I am a broken child of God. A child who found herself, reduced to nothing but soul, after 19 years marriage. I survived the betrayal of infidelity. I survived divorce! I survived losing a man that I dearly loved! I have faced my worst fears and through the deep roots that God gave me I survived. This is my story, my journey to find my own healing and peace.

I am excited because I get to write the ending of my story and I'm determined that It will be beautiful!

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In April 2013 my husband of 18 years walked out the door. In June I took my boys to Disney Land. I was struggling and feeling despair. I decided that when life was failing me, why not go to the happiest place on earth and try to make something beautiful. It was a defining moment that empowered me. If I could manage a 7 day trip to Disney Land by myself with an 8,6, and 2 year old, I could do anything.

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My name is Norma Zaugg, In 2013 I found myself in a counselors office lost and broken. I was a shell of a person, my identity nearly gone. The months that followed would be the hardest of my life. As I came out of the shadows I discovered that my husband of 19 years was a sex addict. This is the story of my fight through betrayal, codependancy, divorce and my ongoing trauma. I will survive....I get to write the ending of my story and I am determined that it will be beautiful.