Cheyenne

Joined April 2025

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When Compassion Was Nowhere to Be Found. Content Warning.
I gave birth to my daughter in a quiet, sterile hospital room, surrounded by the sounds of monitors, beeping machines, and fluorescent lights that felt far too bright for such a tender, life-altering moment. The weight of the decision I had made, to place her for adoption, was already pressing on my chest like a thousand bricks. But I never expected that the heaviest blow would come from someone whose job was supposed to be rooted in compassion and care.
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Families
The Blame Game: When Everyone's the Problem But You
It’s one of the saddest things to witness: someone slowly, methodically pushing everyone out of their life and never once stopping to ask, “What part did I play in this?”
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Psyche
I’m Not Where I Thought I’d Be
I used to have a picture in my head of what my life would look like by now. The timeline was pretty standard, graduate, build a career, buy the house, settle down, have everything “figured out” before thirty.
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Motivation
I’m an Overstimulated Mom
Somewhere along the way, I became “that mom.” The one who always has it together. The one who remembers the school theme days, signs the permission slips, preps the lunches, shows up to the appointments, and somehow manages to still smile at the end of a long day. The one who rarely asks for help. The one others call “amazing” or say, “I don’t know how you do it all.”
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Families
Surviving the Storm
Not every child grows up with bedtime stories, warm hugs, and the feeling of safety wrapped around them like a blanket. Some of us grew up learning how to survive before we even understood what survival meant. We learned how to read facial expressions like maps, how to tiptoe through conversations, how to disappear emotionally to protect ourselves from the chaos around us. Some of us grew up learning how to read a room before we learned how to read a book.
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Motivation
From Chaos to Peace
I grew up in a house where chaos wasn’t a guest, it was a permanent resident. The kind of chaos that wasn’t always loud, but always there. Sometimes it screamed in arguments that echoed through the walls; other times, it whispered in the silence that followed, in the way no one made eye contact, in the tension you could feel but not name. Either way, the drama never took a day off.
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Motivation
A Letter to the One Who Tried to Break Me
I know what you were trying to do. I saw it in the way you watched, in the way you lingered behind a screen, hoping I wouldn’t notice. You would try to hide, but sometimes you didn’t cover your tracks. You tried to bring your storm into my sunshine. You wanted me to feel what you were feeling-sad, bitter, lost.
By Cheyenne 9 months ago in Writers
The Joys and Heartbreak of an Open Adoption. Content Warning.
Deciding to place my daughter for adoption was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make. It’s not something I ever expected would be part of my life story, and yet, here I am, reflecting on a journey that has shaped me in ways I never could have anticipated. I remember the moment like it was yesterday, the uncertainty, the weight of the decision, and the love I felt for my baby. But what I did not expect, what no one warned me about, was the emotional journey that would follow. It’s not something that can be fully prepared for, no matter how much you think you know about the process or how much support you have around you. The reality for me though was I had no support.
By Cheyenne 10 months ago in Families