About Me

hello world!

My name is Breaunna (but all my friends call me Bree) and I am the author of Breaunna Blogs. I started this blog in 2016 to cope with how my life was changing after coming out to my family. I turned to therapy to help process my emotions and feelings, but what seemed to sustain my mental health was writing, which was no surprise. I’ve always turned to reading and writing to escape the turmoil and chaos in my mind and life. It has been my emotional outlet for as long as I can remember, but for a long time it has been my little secret. I’ve let very few people read my words and this is the first time I’ve tried to share it with the world.

While I’ve had this blog since 2016, I have been an inconsistent blogger. For a while, I didn’t feel like I had a sense of direction for my blog. The self-doubt soon crept in and convinced me that what I did have to say wasn’t important enough to be shared. We are all our own worst critics, but on top of that, the bravery that you have to have to share your most vulnerable and intimate experiences is something I’ve never possessed.

But, as I have become a parent and have dealt with the hard parts of going through the foster process, dealing with the effects of prematurity, and navigating the social stigma of two women raising a son, while I don’t have any answers, I have experiences and feelings that I think could help others feel heard and seen. I know becoming a parent in uncommon ways to kiddos who have higher needs can feel isolating and stressful and I hope that my experiences can support others dealing with the same type of things. I want this blog to be the thing that I was looking for when navigating coming out and becoming a parent. I want it to be a place of vulnerability, of understanding, and of community.

When I became a mom, everything was put on the back-burner, but I have realized that restoring those pieces of me that took a back seat during that transition need to become a priority again. This is the nexus of my experiences as a mom and my creative outlet-a place where my worlds can collide-a place when love can live through words.

 

 

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