In My Own Words: Where Honesty, Faith, and Feeling Meet

This is not a book of answers. It is a record of learning how. to breathe again. Where I learn to Breathe is a collection of poems written in the aftermath of emotional collapse, broken trust, mental illness, and the slow, uncomfortable work of accountability. These poems move through regret and repair, grief and growth, faith and doubt-without pretending that healing is clean or quick.

The voice in these pages is honest, flawed, and searching. It speaks to the moments after damage is done, when apologies are not enough, when love is fragile, and when rebuilding begins internally before it is ever seen by others.

This book is for readers who have:

• survived their own mistakes
• lost something they wanted to keep
• wrestled with their mind of their faith
• or had to start over without a map’