Her Name Was Survival: This Story Belongs to the Living
31 parts Complete Her Name Was Survival: This Story Belongs to the Living is a fierce, unflinching memoir that pulls no punches in its exploration of trauma, loss, and the brutal fight to reclaim a shattered self. From the terrifying moment an F5 tornado ripped through the home and life she knew, to a devastating car accident in 2023 that led to major brain surgery to treat a diagnosed Chiari Malformation I, a condition threatening her quality of life, this story is about survival on every level.
With raw honesty and poetic clarity, the author confronts a body and mind pushed to their limits: grappling with chronic pain, PTSD, survivor's guilt, and the fractured identity that follows near-erasure. She refuses to be silenced or diminished. Instead, she transforms pain into power, scars into stories, and loss into a fierce reclaiming of agency.
This memoir is not just about enduring trauma. It's a manifesto of rebellion against erasure, a declaration that survival is not passive, but a radical act of living loudly, fiercely, and unapologetically. For anyone who has ever felt broken, lost, or invisible, this is a battle cry: This story belongs to the living, to those who choose to rise, again and again, from the wreckage.