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
The ugliness isn’t new.It just sat in corners,under wraps —racism simmering beneath the surface,homophobia,transphobia,xenophobia... people aching to other their neighbors,to write fear and discomfort into law. History we thought was behind usis hanging Black men from trees again.Women bleeding out in parking lots,denied carebecause compassion’s been made illegal. People online cheering for brutalityagainst their neighborsbecause… Continue reading The Ugliness Isn’t New: It’s Just Louder Now
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.) Mira's Story: The Whole StoryA quiet night, a cup of tea, and the moment she let him in. After the dinner, something inside Mira softened.She’d passed the unspoken test, not… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Whole Story
July: The Month of Integration If June asked me to inhabit the bloom,July asks me to integrate it. This is the month of arrival.Of full circles and long exhales.Of walking through doors I used to only stand outside.Of becoming the version of me I once only imagined. My card for July is The World —completion, coherence, and… Continue reading July: The Completion & The Initiation
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: Bonus ChapterWhen steady love feels unfamiliar, but your body wants to learn its language anyway Halley was already two sips into her glass of wine when Mira slid into the… Continue reading Bonus Chapter: Reflections with a Friend
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: “Next to Me” by Sleeping at LastFor the moment you realize love doesn’t have to rescue you—it can simply stay. https://open.spotify.com/track/4FoUX81Qlk0AAM5Vmp06Dz?si=2325a2e7b7c145b5 Mira's Story: The Echo of Ordinary ThingsWhen connection… Continue reading Chapter Seventeen: The Echo of Ordinary Things
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.) Mira's StoryWhere the unexpected feels like belonging Mira didn’t expect to see him. She was wearing leggings, an oversized sweatshirt, and yesterday’s mascara. The grocery store wasn’t even her usual one, just… Continue reading Chapter Fourteen: A Beautiful Interruption
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: "Bloom" by the Paper KitesFor the slow, sacred unfolding of something real and unexpected. https://open.spotify.com/track/1HMQmOWrkieKYWlFsjUP3D?si=e42ebe215e74468e Mira's Story: Stepping Into the LightWhere stillness feels like a spark Mira… Continue reading Chapter Thirteen: Stepping Into the Light
