Some sessions feel planned… and then there are the ones that feel meant to happen. Miss C’s session was the latter. She slipped into my schedule just before I headed out to Durham, and from the very start, it felt like a little wink from the universe. The kind of timing you don’t question…you just […]
I had been secretly hoping this babe would book a session since 2013. Yes… you read that right. We were introduced socially and knew immediately that she would be a dreamy client, but I spent over a decade admiring her from afar and imagining what magic we might create together someday. So, when she finally […]
When her sister called…voice overflowing with gratitude, sharing how supported she felt during those tender, hazy postpartum weeks, and then told me she wanted to gift her sister a session as a thank you, I felt it deep in my chest—the knowing that only another mother carries. Say less. I was already in. There’s something […]

I’ll be honest, I just didn’t know any better. At the time I thought keeping silent would hurt less than recounting aloud the graphic details that still haunt me. The first time I remember feeling violated I couldn’t have been more than nine. The bulk of the abuse happened when I was in high school, barely sixteen. He was over twice my age. I was abused by a family member, someone I loved. It was extremely difficult for me to separate the abuse from the grooming I experienced for years. I love his kids and his wife. I felt like it was my fault. I didn’t know who to tell. I was unimaginably ashamed. I was afraid my family would hate me. Not being believed, scared me. Going through a trial, petrified me. I felt alone and not supported.
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