🌸 We Don’t All Bloom the Same

Somewhere between longing and becoming, there’s the pause—the moment when growth doesn't look like progress.

In The Taste of Crimson, there’s a scene where Angyel hesitates just outside a red-lit hallway. Her pulse stutters. She tells herself it’s research, curiosity, fieldwork. But the truth is, she’s afraid. Not of what’s inside—but of what might awaken in her once she steps through.
And she hesitates.
Not because she’s weak, but because something inside her is stirring too loudly to ignore.
That hesitation is part of her bloom.

So many of us feel behind. Off track. Like the world expected us to blossom back in April and here we are—still seeds, still cracking open.

But let me show you something.

🌿 Three Things Still Blooming in My Life

1. Creative Confidence
   I still second-guess myself. But I’m learning that growth isn't always loud. Sometimes it’s the quiet belief that the story is worth telling.

2. Self-Compassion
   I’ve forgiven others faster than I’ve forgiven myself. Lately, I’m practicing gentleness—talking to myself like I would a friend.

3. Health & Healing
   Progress isn’t linear. Some days I bloom. Some days I’m buried. But even in the dark, something is rooting.

If you’re still blooming, still stretching toward the sun in your own time—you’re not late. You’re just on your own schedule. And that’s more than okay.

Best,

Amy