Why Naming the Pain Is the First Step to Healing
There’s a moment in every survivor’s life when silence stops feeling safe and starts feeling like suffocation. For years, I carried pain like it was a secret I wasn’t allowed to speak. I tucked it into journal pages. I wore it on my skin. I felt it in the way my voice trembled when I […]
Not a Redemption Arc—A Reckoning:Why Love Child Isn’t a Typical Memoir
When people think of memoirs, they often expect a neat arc: trauma, struggle, triumph. A narrative that starts in pain and ends in peace. A redemptive journey that makes it all feel… worth it. But Love Child doesn’t follow that formula.It’s not here to comfort.It’s here to confront. I didn’t write Love Child to tie […]