All The Good Things

Becoming Whole After Hurt

  • How Many Stages of Grief?
    by DevRene Nicole
    Grief is not linear. I think that is a saying most people are familiar with. But what does that actually mean? What does it look like? It looks different for everybody. I’ve heard references to the stages of grief before, but I never knew exactly how to pinpoint what they were. I decided to find… Read more: How Many Stages of Grief?
  • 3.29.26
    by DevRene Nicole
    3.29.26 This morning I’m listening to the chaotic sounds of my children teasing each other. My tiny dogs barking at everything and nothing. And the feeling of my heart being filled with joy and gratitude. I’m outside on my patio that I’ve made into a retreat, looking out at the vastness of the sky, drinking… Read more: 3.29.26
  • Love vs Hate
    by DevRene Nicole
    I needed some relief today. The best therapy for me, outside of therapy itself, is writing. It’s a beautiful way to expel all the thoughts trapped in my mind. It allows the tears to flow if necessary, especially when I’m in a safe space to do that. I used to write when I was married,… Read more: Love vs Hate
  • The Replacement
    by DevRene Nicole
    This week my oldest daughter told me that she met the girlfriend. When she came into my room, I wasn’t expecting her to drop that news. She came in and told Alexa to pause the TV show I was engrossed in. She flicked on the light and dropped the bomb. I was caught off guard… Read more: The Replacement
  • When Love Doesn’t Mean Rescue
    by DevRene Nicole
    Something I have come to accept about myself, even more now than what I thought before, is that I need alone time. I need alone time to regulate. When I’ve had solitude, a chance to process and decipher the reasons for some of my actions or inactions, I feel like I can face the world… Read more: When Love Doesn’t Mean Rescue

We can’t truly appreciate the sun without knowing the darkness. Life requires balance — and when I look at it that way, every experience becomes something good. That’s why I chose to call this space All the Good Things — because even the painful moments have shaped me. This process has been about taking both the light and the dark and allowing it to make me whole.