Before I Knew Better

Remember when twenty-two seemed impossibly old and wise? When you thought growing up meant having everything figured out? This collection is a love letter to every age you've ever been, from the three-year-old who believed in magic to the college senior learning that uncertainty might be the only certainty.

These poems trace the arc from innocence to experience, capturing the small moments that shape us: bicycle lessons that teach us about letting go, friendship bracelets that fade but memories don't, and the bittersweet realization that home is both the place you leave and the place that waits for you.