Kay SM
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Shame to Peace
“And yes—there was shame. Not because I had done something wrong, but because society teaches women to internalize endings as personal failures.” Continue reading
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Beyond the Storm
“There is something sacred about being in motion while surrounded by uncertainty. A flight through a storm strips life down to its essentials. I cannot steer. I cannot pause the wind. I cannot calm the rain clouds. All I can… Continue reading
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Just be nice. Please.
“Believe the best in people. Or at least stop assuming the worst. Most people aren’t masterminds plotting against you. Nobody is spending that much time obsessing over how they can ruin your day. They’re just tired, flawed, normal humans trying… Continue reading
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Too Much Quiet
“I reminded myself that this ache is really just love with nowhere to go in that moment. That in a few days it will sound different. That the voices, the mess, the warmth will all come back.” Continue reading
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The Game That Raised Me
“I learned early that resilience isn’t loud. It doesn’t look like a highlight reel. Sometimes it looks like doing physical therapy alone after school. It looks like crutches at the state tournament. It looks like icing a knee and pretending… Continue reading
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2025: The Good Kind of Chaos
“As this year comes to a close, I feel thankful. Not because it was perfect—but because it was real. Because we grew, loved hard, showed up for each other, and kept moving forward. I don’t know exactly what next year… Continue reading
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New Year’s Hope
“My hope is to let Him lead, to trust His timing, and to believe that the doors He opens are meant for me—and the ones He closes are for my protection, even when I don’t understand it. More than anything,… Continue reading
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Dancing in the Dark
“Music has a way of holding our memories gently, like a time capsule we can open when we’re ready. Today, it reminded me that even the hardest chapters can become the ones you look back on with pride—not because they… Continue reading
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Borrowed Affirmations
“So there I was, a grown woman needing the same affirmations I hand my five-year-old like little daily doses of courage. I used them as a lifeline. I borrowed from him just to push through, quietly telling myself, I am… Continue reading
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Kaylee, why do you write a blog? What is so extraordinary?
“I’m not living a dramatic storyline, I’m not wildly remarkable, and I don’t have some extraordinary journey that begs to be broadcast. What I do have is a deeply lived life—a real one—and that alone feels meaningful enough to document.… Continue reading
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