×Punkness×

I've written about love and pain for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a child in the system, being trafficked, silenced, and surviving things no child should ever have to survive, words became life to me. They were the way I poured out what I couldn't speak, the way I was able to keep breathing beneath the weight of it all. Yet I sit here by the grace of God alone. Were it not for His hand upon my life, I would not have survived the fires I've walked through. And the same grace is what delivered these words from within me onto the page. Cinder & Ivy: Poetry and Prose for the Beautifully Broken is the book that resulted from that walk. It holds the echoes of brokenness and resilience, the ache of loss, and the stubborn promise of love. I wrote it for me, yes, but more than anything, I wrote it for the survivors. For the foster kids. For the people who know what it is to be broken and still reach for something greater. a.co/d/iNaDgts

@juliepatriot67 I'm here just unwilling to emerge my soul into the ick out here. God made a beautiful world, she's faulty but she is filled with good. People forget that in the melancholy of politics sometimes. ❤️

@Punkness1 I was just thinking about you !! I was like i haven't seen @Punkness1 in a hot minute!!

To the 31k of you who are still here despite me taking a huge break, Love yall, you are the real ones 💙 ❤️ 💗 I'll be back soon. The break to heal and focus is vital out here.

@qaggnews Definitely, Storyline writing sounds like a lot of fun.🙂

@Punkness1 Punk you were one of the early ones that helped me wake up - and it was easy to look out for you because of how much you care. Can’t thank you enough. Perhaps it’s time we discussed building a game or two?

When I first joined forces with my news person two years ago I didn’t have a long term vision other than “use my account - help people understand what’s really going on out there”. I had a name that some knew so why not use it for awareness? I told my news person at the time I didn’t care if I got banned - I’m wasn’t then and am not here now for likes or approval or popularity. I told them to post about everything going on. Help people see that something is really happening. What some who were around in 2024 know is I went through a trial by fire. I was divorcing a person because I found out they had actually spent 30 years abusing me in ways I never knew possible. I quite literally didn’t know who I was or what I was capable of doing. As some of my friends know I went through some extremely tough times. I have 3 tattoos that bear out the pain and grief and lost feelings I had that year. However, the one guiding principle that kept me going was that God had a plan for me. I had no clue what it was and I certainly couldn’t see it back then. I had a few clues however. In the two years since through a lot of intense prayer, a lot of soul searching I found out just who I am and what I’m capable of doing. My ex hated that I gave to this community so selflessly - she claimed “they’ll all take advantage of you, you can’t trust anyone, you’re a fool”. And yes, some did for brief periods did take advantage, however I’m a fast learner and made sure to course correct often. I stand before you today a very changed person very certain of my mission. I’ve found others dedicated in the same way I am - they help manage the teacher and CPS sites. I’ll let them identify themselves if they want here - but I want them to know and understand just how much I value them, because they are the ones that helped me understand where I needed to go - and without them those two sites would not have been born. Perhaps I also learned a bit about what true dedication looks like from them as well. Last night on the podcast with @RamboAndFrens and @NewsTreason I said some things that to some may have sounded flippant - because in my mind the sites I’ve built were absolutely necessary - not building them was never an option. When I started building them I paid zero attention to cost or the time I spent putting them together, much less continuing to grow them. I considered it “the price of truth”. I have a full time job, and running these sites is another full time job. I don’t quit. I don’t take days off (for example last night and this morning I added and improved a new feature on the CPS site). Despite all the time I spend I don’t ever get tired because the goal is that important. If we can help just one parent prevent something bad from happening to a child we win. All that being said, I’m one of those people that doesn’t like asking for help (it’s biblically rooted - give anonymously - so I give what I have plenty of - my time and skills). So when Joe said he was going to make sure I got help financially I didn’t know how to react. I never expected the outpouring of support I received last night and today. It’s still difficult for me to comprehend and writing this has been difficult. So I will say this - from the bottom of my heart thank you to everyone that is helping. It has lifted a great weight from me that I didn’t know I was carrying. It has renewed my spirit and will push me even more on this path. I’ll be launching a third site in the coming months dedicated to tracking clergy, law enforcement, politicians and others we are supposed to be able to trust with our children. Let’s make accountability great again. Joshua 7:13  Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

@johnrich That's garden fresh southern snackies. 🙂🙃

Can you tell me what this is? I call it Redneck Popcorn👌

absolutely me.

Happy Mother's Day lovies ❤️

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He gets it. 💕

@AiexaAlgo absolutely lol.

As an author...yeah, can you relate? 🤔 I made this one 🤣

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After taking several weeks to prioritize presence over propaganda, I've come to recognize even more acutely the level of toxicity that actually resides online on these platforms. Its a giant Venus fly trap designed to use dopamine hits to keep you suspended in submission. Once you see it for what it really is, you recognize the absurdity in the design. Life's out there, not here. Love and light ✨️ 💛

Finally getting rain, Hallelujah. 🫶🌧

@AiexaAlgo Oh I am so glad you did! That level of reflection is exactly what I wrote for. To give someone something to sit and ponder with! Thank you so much for reviewing it, and experiencing it. ❤️🫶

@Punkness1 I've reviewed your poetry book ✔️ very powerful stuff, I really took my time with it, had to sit and meditate on some of them ✍️

I've written about love and pain for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a child in the system, being trafficked, silenced, and surviving things no child should ever have to survive, words became life to me. They were the way I poured out what I couldn't speak, the way I was able to keep breathing beneath the weight of it all. Yet I sit here by the grace of God alone. Were it not for His hand upon my life, I would not have survived the fires I've walked through. And the same grace is what delivered these words from within me onto the page. Cinder & Ivy: Poetry and Prose for the Beautifully Broken is the book that resulted from that walk. It holds the echoes of brokenness and resilience, the ache of loss, and the stubborn promise of love. I wrote it for me, yes, but more than anything, I wrote it for the survivors. For the foster kids. For the people who know what it is to be broken and still reach for something greater. a.co/d/iNaDgts

Good morning. It's this simple, and giving it to God. That's it. ♥️ you.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 famously states, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" If time is,a concept created and governed by God to control human activity both past and present, then God can and will utilize it exactly how he sees fit, and when impact is most crucial. Just a thought out here in regards to current events. 🫶

Satan will challenge your eyes to corrupt your mind. God will request your heart freely, so that you can see fully. Free will is your right, but what he hopes you do with it, is the challenge. Love & Light. 🫶

@GiveLibert51379 Thank you ♥️

@Punkness1 Lord, the people of South Georgia are hurting & weary. Their land & property, being consumed by the ravages of fire, their lungs filled with acrid smoke and ash. Please relieve them, please open the heavens and let it rain upon the fires, please quench the land that thirsts.

If'n you all would be so kind and it isn't to much trouble, say a small prayer for some rain for my beloved state today. Thank you kindly.

@Bear96Momma You understand me and for that, I am very grateful 🫶