The story begins with an ordinary day, a simple act of showing up. I walked into a speech therapy session, my mind preoccupied with the familiar routine. But that day, the routine was interrupted.

A beautiful foster mom sat in the foyer of her warm, life-filled home. Her children ran and played nearby, their laughter filling the room. As I…read more

Dear Mommy,

Hi, Mommy. It’s me—your little mini. I might not have all the words yet, but I have lots of feelings, and I think you should know how much I love you.

When you left, I didn’t really understand why. But I can feel your love every day, even from far away. Grandma AKA as “Lala” tells me all the time how brave you are, and even though I…read more

Beyond Barriers is a reminder of just how powerful the human spirit can be when it decides to push beyond the obstacles and limits we place on ourselves.

This story is real and raw—a new beginning in the making. It’s about taking the risk to look beyond the barriers that have been stacked on life’s path.

Here is my memoir…”Beyond the Barrier”…read more

There’s no handbook for dealing with people who feel like thorns in your side—those who cut deep when you least expect it, prick at your insecurities, and seem determined to make life harder. We all meet them, and if we’re honest, some of them are planted right in our daily lives, rooted in relationships we can’t always avoid.

For me, the thorns…read more

There was a time when she felt completely lost, like a stranger to her own reflection. The weight of pain, fear, and self-doubt had buried her true self so deeply that she didn’t realize how much of herself she had been hiding. The healing process wasn’t something she sought out intentionally—it began as a means of survival, her life sudde…read more

For me, there is a grief when you lose part of yourself, the loss of my ability to project my voice. Using my voice to bring healing to others through speech therapy and the tightrope walk when my voice is silenced. I am more than the diagnosis and greater than silence. Vocal loss is a level of grief that leaves you in the shadow. The loss is…read more

As you rise from the ashes, something remarkable happens. You begin to see the masterpiece that you are. Every scar, every tear, every step forward becomes a brushstroke on the canvas of your life.

You are no longer the person you were before the trauma endured—but that’s not a loss. The person you are becoming is stronger, wiser, and more com…read more

I see you there, standing at the crossroads of devastation and rebirth. I see the pain etched in your soul in the stage of innocence, the weight of what was stolen, the anger that feels like a fire too wild to contain. You didn’t ask for this battle, this scar, this reshaping of your story. But here you are, still breathing, still moving f…read more