Everything I imagine, everything I create, isn’t just mine.It comes from the women who came before me. Those who looked like me, felt like me, and dreamed even when the world didn’t make space for their dreams.Their hopes live in me. Creativity runs through my blood.Both of my parents were artists in their own way.A… Continue reading Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Tag: grief
Unwritten by Her, Authored by Me
Losing my mother gave me something I didn’t recognize at first—freedom.It came wrapped in grief, confusion, and years of aching silence. But hidden beneath all of that was an unexpected truth: I now had the space to imagine a life entirely of my own making. There were no expectations to live up to, no map… Continue reading Unwritten by Her, Authored by Me
A Lifetime Without My Best Friend
Sometimes I wonder if losing my mother is the reason I hesitate when it comes to forming close bonds with other women.I’ve gone most of my life without her, my first best friend, my first example of womanhood, my first safe place.And in her absence, I’ve found myself guarded, unsure of how to lean into… Continue reading A Lifetime Without My Best Friend
What I’m Learning from Grief
Grief has a way of stealing time. It lingers in the spaces where joy should be, whispering about what’s missing instead of what remains. For a long time, I let it dictate my life—dwelling on the moments I lost, the lessons I never got, the presence that should have been there. But grief, if you… Continue reading What I’m Learning from Grief
23
Something I don't think I ever shared on here, and this is not something I share personally at all either. If you know its because you were around when it happened, otherwise I never talk about it. My mom passed away 23 years ago. It's crazy to say because I'm only 33 years old, and… Continue reading 23
I didn’t think life would be this way
Growing up I was never that type of child to have all these dreams of who I'll be, my future career or even thought about marriage and kids. Sometimes I wish I did have an idea of what I wanted but never in a million years would I have thought I wouldn't have a mom.… Continue reading I didn’t think life would be this way
A Mother’s Love
Something I desire to experience once more in my life. My Mother's love was cut way too short before I got a chance to realize what it was. A Mother's love to me is an unconditional love. A Mother's love to me is a non-judgmental love. Mother's love to me means a love that will… Continue reading A Mother’s Love