WORDS have shaped pivotal moments in Jacalyn Eyvonne's life. Most stem from personal memories, a few reflecting the realities of those who touched her-journaling through hurtful words and unkind people. She shares her story through poetry and memoir, echoing the joy, hurt, and pain that wandered alongside her, sprinkled with remnants of days passed.

She pens for the man or woman who loved hard, giving everything to the wrong person, and for those who experienced abuse, toxic marriages, illness, or childhoods filled with laughter and sadness. And for moms and dads rearing sons and daughters as unsettled fear lives within you and them because of their skin color. She was the lover, wife, and mother, surviving through multiple experiences from girlhood to motherhood to womanhood. Experiences that have shaped the woman she is today.