Love, Journey Lynn

Set in the coast of Mississippi, Love, Journey follows sixteen-year-old Journey Lynette as she navigates the complexities of family, faith, and self-discovery. Living in a low-income apartment with her volatile, bipolar mother, Journey feels the weight of her family's pain, the scars of her past, and a deep yearning for freedom.
Journey's world is small and chaotic, filled with the noise of daily survival, but her longing for peace takes her to quiet places-like the beach, where she wrestles with her questions about God, her fractured faith, and her desire to escape the life that feels like it's crushing her.
When Journey meets Alarik, a calm and thoughtful mechanic with a passion for vintage cars and quiet faith, their connection challenges her in ways she didn't expect. He doesn't try to fix her or save her; instead, his steady presence becomes a safe space in a world that often feels too loud.

As Journey grapples with the tension between loyalty to her mother and the need to find herself, Love, Journey explores the messiness of love and life - love for her mother, for her broken family, for God, and, most importantly, for herself. It's a raw, heartfelt story about staying rooted in the very place you want to run from, and finding freedom not in escape, but in the quiet courage to face your pain, heal, and begin again.