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The Tree That Grew Anyway
This piece is for those who grew up without safety—not nurtured, but surviving. The Tree That Grew Anyway is a metaphor for endurance, for growing in hostile soil, and for becoming something whole despite the scars. It speaks to the ones shaped by pain, by the silence of support that never came, and the confusion…
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The River’s Vow
Children raised by emotionally abusive or relentlessly critical parents often learn to go silent just to survive. The voices meant to nurture become the first to wound, creating a lifelong battle between loyalty and selfhood. The River’s Vow speaks to that tension—the quiet ache of being shaped by others, and the fierce, hidden current of…
Echoes In The Current 