In the beginning of 2025 — after a year of mental health therapy, making new friends and growing with old ones, and learning to love who I am — my life had been on a positive upturn. My divorce was a year and a half final and tensions with my ex were mostly quelled.

In April, after nearly a year of unemployment from my corporate design day job, I realized what I really wanted to do with my life and began the road to follow my passions.

This series expresses the joy, growth, and peace I found.