An Ode to the King of Country (Poetry)

You rode into my life not loud, not flashing crowns just steady boots on honest ground, carrying stories in your guitar case and wisdom in your silence.

The Quiet Door: On Adoption, Mentorship, and the Families We Choose

Maybe it is because adoption challenges the traditional blueprint. It redraws the family tree in ink that does not always match. It asks society...

When You Become Your Hero’s Hero (Poetry)

I used to look up at posters on walls, voices in headphones, Stories that taught me how to breathe When my chest was full of war.

How Can You Fill My Heart and Break It at the Same Time (Poetry)

How can someone fill your heart like sunlight through cracked windows, teach your ribs how to breathe again, make silence feel safe… and still...

Forever & Always (You’re Not Alone) (Poetry)

You’re not alone.I will always remain in your soul,even when the nights get loudand the silence tries to rewrite your courage. Don’t throw in...

Stepping Away to Remember Me (Poetry)

To sit with the silence. To sweep out the corners of your spirit where old memories collect dust And unfinished grief still whispers.

Ode to the Music Man (Poetry)

This road is hard. It doesn’t come with shortcuts or safety nets. But I’m determined to make it through
ducklings on the pond

Be a Duck: On Visibility, Entitlement, and Knowing Who Deserves Access

The ones who don’t self-correct. The ones who feel owed access, credit, or influence simply because they believe they’re close enough to reach for...

All Love, No Guns (Poetry)

Let peace be practiced, not preached. Let courage look like listening. Let power learn how to hold, not harm.

Obama (Poetry)

And now— long after the cameras moved on, long after the applause settled into history-- I carry that lesson.
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