Tag: Breaking Generational Cycles

  • How I Learned to Swim

    How I Learned to Swim

    A journey through tears society told me to hide – learning to stay afloat in the weight of grief, masculinity, fear, and hope. I did not drown in what broke me; I learned to swim in what was meant to silence me, and my strength rose with every tear that dared to fall.

  • The Revolving Door: Starving in a House of God and Ghosts

    The Revolving Door: Starving in a House of God and Ghosts

    “I was surviving in a house that fed everyone but me. They hated me for reasons I didn’t choose: who my mother was, how I looked, how I dreamed. But even in the darkness, I kept choosing to protect the innocent. Because I believe life shouldn’t be a punishment just for being born.”