God takes the broken pieces of this vessel and makes me whole day by day. This is the expression of my brokenness, my reconstruction, and the process. Every walk is different, but may you find encouragement in my journey!

My hope and my prayer is that you will read this book and be encouraged. Maybe you will see yourself in some of these poems and know that you are not alone. I started writing poetry as a 10 year old and much of this came from my first journals. Writing for me was and remains a way of coping with lifes challenges, emotions, and sorting out my thoughts.
Growing up is hard and I feel that this is a fact regardless of gender, race, or class. Going through some of things that I experienced, that you will read about, sometimes it was very difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We do...