Still Becoming: Outgrowing Old Narratives

What hurts most is realizing that even childhood friends sometimes keep an old narrative of you in their hearts. They remember the teenage version....

Thrown Under the Bus, Still Standing: Loyalty, Growth, and the Tribe That Remains

It’s the weariness of bracing yourself before every interaction. Of wondering when the next misunderstanding will become a public indictment. Of watching people who called you...

Breaking Cycles (Poetry)

Single mothers are holding entire ecosystems together. They’re raising future leaders, artists, healers, and warriors. And while women continue to carry this weight with...

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
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