The Unquiet Page

Fire & Truth

Words from the middle of it.
Not the other side.

Essays, reflections, open letters, and honest stories about healing, foster care, adoption, identity, and the hard work of becoming who you were always meant to be.

Saraphina Mare Saraphina Mare

The Woman Who Put Me Back Together

After hitting rock bottom as a foster mom, the right therapist changed everything. Here is what five years of real therapy taught me and why I believe every foster and adoptive parent needs one.

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Saraphina Mare Saraphina Mare

I Came Into This World Set Up for Failure

Born to two teenagers, one in foster care, raised by grandparents who did not both want me, called stupid for years. The statistics said I was not going to make it. Here is what happened instead.

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Saraphina Mare Saraphina Mare

She lives in my plants

After my aunt passed, my plants became the place she still lives. What I learned about grief, healing, and why self-care is a daily act, like gardening.

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