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If you had asked me a few years ago where I thought I’d be today, I don’t think I would’ve pictured this.

Starting a blog has always been one of those ideas that lived in the back of my mind. I wanted a place where everything I create could exist together instead of being scattered across notebooks, camera rolls, and random apps on my phone.

So, here we are.

Since this is only my second post, I figured I’d tell you a little more about me.

I’m the kind of person who collects hobbies like they’re Pokémon.

One week I’m completely consumed by writing a new story. The next I’m editing photographs, painting something that probably didn’t need another coat of paint, learning a new skill, or convincing myself I absolutely need another creative project.

I have more story ideas than I have time to write them.

I notice little things.

The way sunlight sneaks through a window.

How a photograph can hold a memory longer than we can.

The feeling of finishing a book and carrying its characters around for days afterward.

I think that’s why I write.

Because some moments deserve to stay.

I don’t really know what this blog will become yet.

One day you might find a poem here. The next day, a photograph that made me stop in my tracks. Maybe a chapter from a novel I’m working on, or a journal entry from an ordinary Tuesday. I don’t want to put this blog in a box, because life doesn’t fit inside one either.

Maybe it’ll be a journal.

Maybe it’ll become a scrapbook of photographs.

Maybe it’ll be where I share poetry, pieces of the novels I’m writing, and whatever else finds its way onto these pages.

Most likely, it’ll be a little bit of everything.

And honestly?

I think I’m okay with that.

If you’re here this early, thank you.

I hope you’ll stick around while we figure it out together.

— Destiny

P.S. What’s something that’s bringing you joy lately? Big or small, I’d love to hear about it.

If you’re reading this, welcome.

I’ve always loved stories.

Not just the ones tucked inside books, but the ones hidden in ordinary moments—the conversations that linger after they’ve ended, the photographs that hold more memory than they should, the thoughts that keep us awake long after the world has gone quiet.

For years I’ve written in notebooks, on scraps of paper, in the notes app on my phone, and in the margins of my life. Some of those words became poems. Some became stories. Some were only meant for me.

This website is where those pieces finally have a home.

You’ll find journal entries, poetry, photography, updates on the novels I’m writing, and the occasional thought that refuses to stay inside my head.

I don’t have all the answers, and I don’t pretend to.

I’m simply someone who loves creating things and hopes that, every now and then, something I write makes another person feel seen.

Thank you for being here at the very beginning.

I hope you’ll stay awhile.

— Destiny