Mending
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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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Love survives silence, waiting, and imperfect timing through the stubborn hope of one day sharing an ordinary life together.
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People see smoke and stigma; they do not see the anxiety, sleepless nights, and battles that existed long before the ritual.
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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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She did not stop needing relief; she chose sobriety because tiny hands needed her more, even when the old ritual still calls.
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Two heartbeats begin beneath one mother’s own, arriving through an unexpected birth and filling the quiet with twice the love.
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Healing is not forgetting the past—it is learning to love the version of yourself who survived it and kept choosing tomorrow.
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A rainbow baby arrives after unimaginable loss, not replacing grief but proving that hope can still grow in broken ground.
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A mother hopes her children are collecting summer joy even as she aches over all the moments she is missing.
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Two sisters begin side by side, sharing a beginning while growing into two beautifully different little souls.
Between Bruises & Blooms 