April 2026

The Gift of Starting Over

Notes on Beginning Again

“If there is one thing God gave me, it is the ability to start over.”

Documenting the process of reconstruction following a total loss apartment fire.

The Notes

The Muscle Memory of Reinvention

“54 years old and standing in the ashes of the longest anchor I've ever had. I’m tired of being resilient. I’m tired of the Madonna joke.”

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Foodbank Gourmet

Fire, Eutha Mae, and What Remains

A quiet meal made from food bank staples and cooked in the one thing that survived the flames.

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The Notes

Eight Hours and a Loud Pop

A reflection on the morning the timeline split, the panic of the flames, and the cost of a long-awaited victory.

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