Author Archives: Lisette d. Johnson

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About Lisette d. Johnson

Murder-Suicide Survivor, Mom, Writer, Speaker, Serial Volunteer in the Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Arena, Entrepreneur, &amp Friend. I survived, my kids survived, and I am here to tell the story.

Choices

I am doing laundry in the basement and I look over and see his two hooded sweatshirts, hung on the corners of a shelf. They’ve been there all along, but only now, after all this time, do I notice them. … Continue reading

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The Cast

I have this incredible faith. While the trust aspect is at times missing and I want to tell God what He should be doing, the faith is unwavering. As I read back over my journal, kept sporadically early into my … Continue reading

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Exit Here…part 2

9. No one knew. Everyone saw someone so different than who we experienced. They saw who I saw when I first loved him. Not who he really was, or had become. 10. It didn’t exist. He acted as though nothing … Continue reading

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Exit here….

Part 1 My strict adherence to plans, my inability to accept conditions change, require a variance from the original plan, has yielded to a now anxious need to have a plan B. My sister and I sit at her dining … Continue reading

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Independence Day

We are spending the fourth of July in this small Colorado town in which I have summered over the past 25 years. This is a bucolic little town where doors are not locked, they are simply left wide open; keys … Continue reading

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