My Books

A sanctuary for honest stories about grief, enduring love, and the quiet journey of finding ourselves — told across a memoir, letters, essays, and poems.

This Time, I Stayed: A Memoir of Enduring Love
Now available. (Spanish version - in progress)

A story about returning—to love, to truth, and to the woman I was always becoming. It’s a memoir of sacrifice, long-distance love, healing, and the courage to choose a life that feels like home. A story rooted in endurance, tenderness, and rediscovery after thirty-six years apart.

Keeping You Whole: A Mother’s Letters
Planned release - TBA

A collection of intimate, reflective letters written across the many seasons of my life—some to my own children, some to single mothers, and others to children everywhere who grew up carrying more than they should have. These letters are honest, vulnerable, and rooted in the lessons I learned while raising a family on my own. An exploration of mothering, resilience, forgiveness, and the quiet strength it takes to build a life from the inside out.

The Quiet Work of Becoming: Essays on Everything That Shaped Me
Planned release - TBA

A collection of essays about the emotional landscapes of a woman’s life—motherhood, heartbreak, aging, rebuilding, and the unexpected joy of second chances. Raw, reflective, vulnerable and deeply personal.

The Me No One Knows
Planned release - TBA

Poems rooted in the beauty of everyday life—childhood memories, womanhood, solitude, love, loss, and the soft miracles hidden in ordinary moments.
A companion to the essays, offering a quieter, distilled expression of the heart.