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Making Room for Love’s New Shape: Sense of Self

Posted on 05/24/2026 by Khaya Ronkainen / 10 Comments

Our mothers are often among the most influential people in our lives. It may be why so many of us think of them, with certainty, as our role models. Yet, as Mar...

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Painting My Days

Posted on 09/27/2019 by Khaya Ronkainen

1. Innovation is a word I’d forgotten Now that I’m back in the business world, innovation is a word I hear everyday. Though the word is not new, I’d almos...

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📖 // debut DISTORTED IS THE VIEW out now! 🇿🇦🇫🇮🌍

✨EARLY PRAISE✨ I’m deeply grateful for these words ✨EARLY PRAISE✨ I’m deeply grateful for these words from K E Garland, author of In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict.

Her work has taught me a great deal about writing into family complexity and heavy themes with honesty, care, and courage. That makes her response to Distorted Is The View especially meaningful to me. 

@kegarland You’ve been there from the start, throughout the years, and until completion. Super grateful, always. 🙏🏾💜

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Seasons Defined Seasons Defined
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From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light From the Depths of Darkness: A Collection of Dark Poetry Left in the Light
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