Clever INK.

She Rises from the Ashes Once Again

Many have tried, but no one can extinguish this fire.

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I’ve written many stories and a book about the abuse I experienced as a young woman. All of it was written with the passion and conviction of a soul convinced that those days were history.

Behind me — in the wind.

I relished the positivity of my clear thoughts and the heights to which my healing journey had taken me, believing that such levels of human cruelty could never touch me again.

Only to find out years later that I was wrong. Really wrong…

He entered my life like a knight, not in white but in military fatigues. He appeared out of nowhere when I desperately needed to believe that romance movie love was real. I deserved this feeling and longed for the all-encompassing power of its adoration... I dove in. Like a drug, it got me high.

Unfortunately, through my many life lessons, I still hadn't fully realized that true love begins at your core. Loving yourself first means feeling complete, forgiving yourself, looking past your biggest mistakes, and laughing at your flaws. It keeps you close, radiating warmth and safety no matter what challenges come your way. It does not falter or abandon you during difficult times. It…