There are seasons when life removes the illusion of control, when the scaffolding that holds your sense of safety simply disappears. You think you’re doing well, managing everything, staying grounded… until something shifts beneath you and your nervous system tells the truth your mind won’t say out loud. Recently my foundation disappeared. My home, the… Continue reading When the Ground Gives Way
Perhaps the worst lie we ever toldwas that America was the land of opportunity. That if you came,if you worked,if you did your best,it didn’t matter who you wereor where you came from.You could be anything. I wanted to believe that story.We all did.It was stitched into every anthem,every flag in our childhood classrooms,every promise… Continue reading The Land of Lies
I never thought we’d fall. But now I can’t help but see the small, seemingly harmless ways we’ve given up our freedommanipulated to do what’s right, practical, and safe. I remember 9/11. Listening to the news on the radio. Numb.Certain it had to be a misunderstanding.It couldn’t happen here. I was a college student, wandering… Continue reading Fear and Freedom
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: “Clearest Blue” by CHVRCHES (Gryffin Remix)For the quiet ache of presence, the bittersweet pull of what was, and the soft gravity of what’s becoming. https://open.spotify.com/track/3Fq1E4nFP8pCmJPclB9yI5?si=3bf8d20bf9db47bd Mira's Story: The One… Continue reading Chapter Forty-Eight: The One Where Everything Starts to Fit
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Space Between UsWhen the world expands, but your center remains the same The apartment was still. It was one of those Sunday nights that carried a particular… Continue reading Chapter Forty-Six: The Two of Us
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Quiet RebuildWhen healing speaks softly and love is built brick by brick They were still tender. After the fight, after the tears, after the quiet apology curled… Continue reading Chapter Forty-Four: The Quiet Rebuild
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Between the BellsTwo worlds, one heartbeat Mira always said she had two lives. The one with her students, sharp-edged and humming, all bells and deadlines and the low thrum of… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Four: Between the Bells
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: Known and NoticedWhere love invites you to stay with yourself Mira woke before her alarm, sunlight stretching long and low across her bedroom wall. She didn’t reach for her phone… Continue reading Chapter Sixteen: Known and Noticed
This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) 🎧 Listen while you read: "The Archer" By Taylor SwiftFor the tender tension of wanting to be seen and fearing you’re too much. https://open.spotify.com/track/3pHkh7d0lzM2AldUtz2x37?si=8f0f63e91c9c4870 Mira’s Story: The Difference is ThisWhere her body remembered… Continue reading Chapter Eleven: The Difference is This
This is Mira’s story—part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The Ache of AlmostFor the almosts that hollow and hold. Proof that you're still willing to hope. The trip wasn’t meant to be anything profound. Just a birthday getaway for… Continue reading Chapter Three: The Ache of Almost
