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  • Grief That Grows

    After eight years of anticipatory grief and the loss of my mother to early onset Alzheimer’s, I learned that grief doesn’t just take who you love—it takes the shape of the world you built around them.

    March 7, 2026
  • Parenting Through Presence, Not Perfection: What My Kids Taught Me About Co-Regulation

    There were mornings I could feel myself going offline. Not dramatic. Just done. My patience thin, my nerves shot, my thoughts moving faster than I could hold them. Sometimes I would sit on the bathroom floor just to breathe and let the moment pass. And quietly, my kids would follow. They wouldn’t ask for anything.…

    February 25, 2026
  • TRUTHS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY — PART ONE

    A midlife reckoning, identity grief, chronic illness, and the quiet truth of becoming someone I can live with now. A soft, honest look at survival, motherhood, and the parts of ourselves we outgrow.

    November 29, 2025

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