Ever Becoming
A journal within The Healing’s Verse.
This is a place for complex thoughts.
For chaos, truth, and honesty.
For healing, learning, growth, and reflection.
A brave space where my thoughts are laid out like journal entries.
a living journal of who I am, who I was, and who I’m learning to be
Dancing With the Devil: How We All Have Our Vices
What are you chasing? What are you dancing with? We all have vices. Even when we know something could hurt us, we reach for drugs, alcohol, TV, or anything that helps us escape. This isn’t just about celebrities; it’s about everyone, and why talking about vices matters. Demi Lovato’s Dancing With the Devil isn’t just…
A ROSE IN HARLEM: GROWING ANYWAYS
By: Ever Soliel Ruth Some of us don’t bloom in gardens we grow out of concrete. When I listen to A Rose in Harlem, I don’t just hear a song I feel it. The beat pulls me in first, but the lyrics are what stay with me. It reminds me of something Aretha Franklin once…
Grief Is Something That Stays
Content note: This piece discusses grief, family loss, emotional harm, and mental health struggles. Grief is something people talk about as if it has a beginning and an end as if it arrives, does its damage, and leaves. But for me, grief has never been linear. It comes in waves up, down, anger, tears, silence,…
Healing
This is not the end.
I am still becoming.
More verses arrive when I’m ready to tell the truth.