𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐊 || 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊

Cecelia Stark was born in the Bronx, where the gang life had claimed plenty of quiet corners and whispered codes. She learned early how to listen, when to vanish, how to move through crowded streets like a shadow with a heartbeat. Survive meant decisions no child should bear, but she wore them like jackets, sturdy and worn. When she became a teen mom, the city's sirens sounded different-closer, remindful. She traded bravado for responsibility, teaching her son to read street signs and softer truths: kindness can be a weapon, courage a posture, mercy a lifeline. In that stubborn light, Cecelia found a new map."