BookLeesLLC Author Sadie Dabney

It has been 8 months since I last posted here. Wow. I am sorry. Let me catch you up to speed and explain why I have been MIA. Moved out–officially divorced–reconnected with my high school sweetheart–a surprise pregnancy–moved again–had a baby, and now here I am. Back to typing. Back to trying to sell my […]

Yesterday what was taking my mindset were words. Other peoples words. About me. I gave them enough power to consume my mind for days. My attitude was affected. Today, I woke up missing my two small humans, and was hit with a different mindset. How dare I operate as mother as life is too short […]

Why? Why do humans thrive off of “drama?” Why do humans enjoy “stirring the pot” for someone else’s lives? Don’t we know the world can be unkind enough as it is without that added nonsense? There have been so many speculations on my life lately and I get that. From the outside, I can understand […]

Unexpected. One word that could describe so many different events. It could be describing good or bad. For me? I’ve had a lot of unexpected lately. Both the good and the bad kinds. Whenever someone gets married, they don’t plan to get divorced. In fact, the goal would be exactly the opposite. To the outside […]

I came across Own Your Stigma through social medias and I was immediately here for what they’re all about. As a school counselor and a Mom of two with some serious anxiety, I am a strong mental health advocate. I also have went all of my life being told I am too sensitive or am […]

As soon as we start our education journey, we are asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Some people who answer that question in Kindergarten might actually end up doing what they say at five, but probably not many. I wanted to be a marine biologist and then I learned that […]

Statistics… Stats.. a class many people probably tried to avoid in school. Statistics hits differently when you starting defining yourself as one. I am now a statistic. One I never thought I would be. One I vowed I would not be. But life… life sometimes hits you in a way that you cannot plan for. […]

It is time… almost. My third children’s book is almost done and ready to purchase. When my daughter was two, she went through a big “I can’t” phase. I always replied, “I can’t, YET” and explained to her one day she hopefully would be able to. From that routine of ours sparked my idea for […]

Google says that peace is defined as freedom from disturbance. For awhile, as a Mom, I was not sure I would ever feel complete internal peace. Sounds pretty messed up right? But it goes hand and hand with the emotions of motherhood–I will always worry about my children, I will always question if I am […]

I always get a lot of compliments when I wear this sweatshirt. I’m always happy to say thank you. There is a stigma around mental health these days and I do not get it. Mental health is not new. It just the label “mental health” that gets people scared It is like saying the off […]