Reclamation

with Amber Campbell

Essays, reflections, book recommendations, journal prompts, and conversations about identity, reinvention, and emotionally intelligent visibility. For women learning to see their lives more clearly through story.

It was Christmas Eve, but there were no lights, decorations, or little girls waiting for mommy. Forty-three days prior, their dad had filed for divorce and told the court I was an unfit parent. I had no money, no lawyer, and no support. Shame burrowed through me like a wormhole. I wanted to climb under the covers and stay there. Then I thought about my girls — how small and vulnerable they were, and how much they needed their mom. And I knew what I had to do.

— From the archive.

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