The car was silent. The only sound was the tick-tick-tick of the engine cooling in the school parking lot. It’s just armor, and it looks heavy. Paige’s words weren't an echo. They were truth. Halley didn't drive home. Not right away. She drove to Mira's. It was an instinct. A pull, a "force" that had… Continue reading Halley: The Re-Direction
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: Call It What It IsWhen everything gets spoken out loud. The house was quieter than it had been all day, but not silent. Dishes clinked softly in the sink. Music… Continue reading Chapter Thirty-Two: Call It What It Is
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 Table That Held UsStepping into warmth, and something more than just a meal. Rowan’s house was full. Not just with people, but with noise, warmth, and the scent of… Continue reading Chapter Thirty-One: The Burned Yams and Other Miracles
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: “Everywhere, Everything” by Noah Kahan, Gracie AbramsFor the moment when home isn’t a place—it’s the way you’re held, even in the uncertainty. https://open.spotify.com/track/4PRdeh2zIyM1pvY4x5luLe?si=49133d9c11d64b06 Mira's Story: The Accidental… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Accidental Sleepover
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.) 🎧Listen while you read: “Ceilings” by Lizzy McAlpineFor those gentle moments that don’t arrive with fanfare, but mean everything https://open.spotify.com/track/2L9N0zZnd37dwF0clgxMGI?si=89fa5e55ef394258 Mira's Story: EmbersA Seat by the fire Things had felt steady since… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Three: Embers
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: Showing UpShowing up meanings showing up in all the ways, not only when it's soft, not only when it's pretty, not only when it feels good Mira didn’t have anywhere… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Two: Showing Up
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: "Turning Page" by Sleeping at LastFor quiet integration, mutual unfolding, and the way love begins to feel like home. https://open.spotify.com/track/2kfGoV9a5dbSKCNmUWH2ZF?si=92a074a47cd84150 Mira's Story: A Place to LandWhen love arrives… Continue reading Chapter Nineteen: A Place to Land
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
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 One You Don't See ComingSometimes people arrive quietly, without a grand entrance—just a feeling of calm. She wasn’t looking. Not really. There was no spell cast, no prayer whispered.… Continue reading Chapter Two: The One You Don’t See Coming
