courage
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There were chapters she did not think she would survive, but the story kept turning because she did.
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Strength does not always look like taming a lion; sometimes it has four small hands reminding a mother why she keeps going.
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Other people will keep inventing versions of her; the page remains where she refuses to shrink herself to fit any of them.
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Motherhood did not arrive gently—it forged a woman through fear, exhaustion, courage, and a love stronger than every storm.
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A reflection on surviving loss, love, and every fracture that tried to make her disappear—and the stubborn part of her that kept reaching toward the light.
Between Bruises & Blooms 