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“Sometimes healing sounds loud. Sometimes healing sounds like standing in front of a microphone and finally letting yourself take up space.”

“The first time I heard ‘Butterfly Fly Away,’ I didn’t just hear a song about growing up. I heard the story of my mother surviving domestic violence and teaching me that even after trauma, we could still dream.”

A heartfelt Mother’s Day letter honoring a mother who survived domestic violence, rebuilt her life, and taught her daughter strength, resilience, and unconditional love.

I didn’t always have the words for what I was feeling, only a body that stayed on high alert. Mental health, for me, began as survival.

Trauma responses often show up as anxiety, feelings we don’t always understand until after they’ve already taken over.

She showed me that even when things are hard, you can still be strong and keep fighting.

As a child, I dreamed of escape through TV. As an adult, I see the truth: abuse can exist anywhere, even behind the spotlight.

I was only 5… and I learned what silence felt like before I ever learned how to speak.

I watched my mom go through pain… and still become the strongest, most loving protector I’ve ever known.

I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize myself anymore.

Many survivors stay silent for years. Learn why fear, shame, and manipulation keep victims quiet—and why being believed matters.

“The love and laughter I found in friendship gave me the strength to endure what I never should have faced as a child.”

When I watched Bastard Out of Carolina, I saw a life that looked painfully familiar. Bone’s story reflected the abuse I was living through.

Sometimes the songs we hold onto as children are the ones that quietly teach us to believe in something better.

A reflection on kindness, humanity, and the painful question: are we still living the values we were taught as children?

Children at Dilley Detention Center are suffering. As a survivor, I can’t stay silent. If we won’t protect them, who will?

Sometimes the very things that tried to break you become the fuel that pushes you forward.

A child. Abused. Pregnant. And forced to give birth. If that’s called protection, we need to ask—who are we really protecting?

It’s no longer just a song I relate to, it’s a song I get to stand up and own.

“Sometimes the songs that help us survive as children are the ones that show us the world we deserve.”