About the Author

Hi, I’m Genevieve.

I’ve been through some things—war, trauma, rebuilding—and I’m still figuring out how to make sense of it all. I’m a veteran, a student, a survivor of a suicide bombing, and someone who lives with a TBI and PTSD. I manage it well. But I write from a place that understands what it means to choose life—even when it’s feels like the last choice.

People keep telling me I should write a memoir. Maybe one day I will. For now, this blog is where I write things down as they come: reflections on grief, joy, memory, healing, and the search for meaning after pain.

This summer, I’m researching reconciliation in communities that have lived through deep conflict. I believe there’s something in their stories that can help us understand how to live, how to forgive, and how to find our way forward—or maybe even prevent conflict.

If my writing resonates with you, thank you. If you’d like to support this work—or help me toward getting a new service dog when I return—you can subscribe as a paid member. Most posts will stay free. But your support means more than you know.