Soul Mates
I don’t know how, but soul mates have to be real. Chinese folklore speaks of a red thread connecting people destined to marry. Jewish tradition has the idea of bashert,...
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Diary & stories.
Sometimes I write a whole entry. Sometimes it’s a poem or a thought I needed to get out. This is where you can find all of that, along with stories other people have shared here.
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Longer reflections on my life, plus the stories behind my books and music.
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Poems, personal updates, and the things I share on social media, collected in one place.
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Other people’s experiences, shared through written stories and narrated readings you can listen to.
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Take Me Away
I can hear the falling rain As it taps against my windowpane. The quiet gives me too much time To sit here with my shame. I want to go somewhere...
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I think I’m getting better at not giving a crap. I’m someone who feels everything so deeply that anxiety can leave me paralyzed, second-guessing every little thing. Don’t do that....
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The reading archive
My longer entries and the full collection of survivor stories. Pick a topic, or search for something that’s on your mind.
When Silence Becomes Sacred: Why Unanswered Prayers Might Be Love's Greatest Gift
Sometimes the most profound truths emerge not from finding answers, but from discovering that our questions were born from the wrong assumptions entirely. A deeply personal exploration of divine silence, unanswered prayers, and finding meaning after religious trauma.
Read entry →When Medicine Forgets Children Are Human: A Survivor's Journey Through Pediatric Medical Trauma
Sometimes the most devastating betrayal comes not from strangers, but from the medical professionals who forget that children's pain matters, that their bodies deserve gentleness, and that trauma created in the name of treatment can last a lifetime.
Read story →Why I'm Writing The Chosen Chronicles: When Books Stop Being Escape Routes
As a child, I devoured the thickest books I could find, believing that more pages meant more time to hide from reality. Now I write books that drag reality into fantasy, forcing us to see what we've been taught to ignore.
Read entry →When Pain Becomes Suspicion: A Journey Through Medical Gaslighting and Dental Malpractice
Sometimes the most dangerous words a healthcare provider can speak aren't about your diagnosis—they're the accusations that transform you from patient to suspect. This is the story of someone whose legitimate pain was dismissed as drug-seeking behavior, leading to life-threatening complications that...
Read story →When Medicine Becomes the Monster: A Survivor's Journey Through Medical Trauma
Sometimes the people meant to heal us become the source of our deepest wounds. This is the story of an 8-year-old who went in for routine dental surgery and came out with trauma that continues to haunt them a decade later—and what...
Read story →Don't Push Me Away - A Song About Staying When Someone Needs You Most
Sometimes the people we love most try to push us away when they're struggling, convinced they're too broken or too much trouble. This song is about looking them in the eye and saying 'I'm not going anywhere.'
Read entry →From Silence to Science: A Survivor's Journey from Religious Abuse to Royal Commission Testimony
Sometimes the most powerful response to systematic abuse is to study the very mechanisms that enabled it. This is the story of someone who transformed decades of silenced trauma into scientific understanding, Royal Commission testimony, and a mission to protect others from...
Read story →The Procedure That Shouldn't Exist: When Medicine Failed Children for Thirty Years
Sometimes a story finds you not because it's unusual, but because it's heartbreakingly common. When I asked for medical trauma stories, I expected a variety of experiences from different procedures and settings. What I got was a flood of nearly identical accounts...
Read story →When Your First Fight Was Just to Breathe: A Journey Through Unthinkable Trauma
I never know what to expect when someone sends me their painful story, and each time I'm so honored they entrust me with it. When this story reached me, I felt a sinking feeling in my chest. As a mother of two,...
Read story →The Price of Faith: When Doctrine Becomes More Sacred Than Safety
Sometimes the most devastating betrayal comes not from strangers, but from the very people who promised that following God meant following them. This is Shannon's story of surviving domestic violence within the Jehovah's Witness organization, and the brutal truth about what happens...
Read story →When Family Becomes the Enemy: A Survivor's 32-Year Journey to Freedom from Cult Abuse
Sometimes the most radical act of self-preservation is admitting that the people who were supposed to protect you became the ones you needed protection from. This is one survivor's story of cult trauma, childhood abuse, and the courage it took to choose...
Read story →When Everything You Knew Was a Lie: One Survivor's Journey from Jehovah's Witnesses to Searching the Stars for Truth
When I asked people to share their stories, promising they would be heard, one ex-Jehovah's Witness answered with a truth so heavy it took my breath away. This is their story.
Read story →From Jehovah's Witness to Nurse to Author: Turning Religious Trauma Into Storytelling
When people hear 'Jehovah's Witness,' they usually think of the well-dressed, polite people knocking on doors on a quiet weekend morning. But for those of us who grew up inside it, there's a lot more beneath that polished surface.
Read entry →Rose in the Snow - New Folk Song About Overcoming Stalkers and Doubters
A song about being watched, doubted, and silently resented—yet choosing to bloom anyway. This one came from a place I don't often speak about, about the strange ache of knowing people who never supported you are still watching you.
Read entry →Blood of the Wild Gods Series - Dark Fantasy About Cults and Trauma
I'm currently working on two very different projects that explore the psychology of cults, forgotten myths, and the deeper layers of what it means to be human.
Read entry →Welcome to My Little Refuge - Starting Over After Homelessness
Here it is. My website. A place I've finally decided to create so I can share my creative work and unfiltered thoughts—and maybe spare my friends and family a little bit on social media.
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