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Major surgery can save a woman’s life, but it can also change her life in ways no one prepares her for. We talk about the physical healing, the stitches, the scars, and the follow‑up appointments, but we rarely talk about the emotional surgery happening underneath. The fear. The grief. The guilt. The quiet moments where she wonders if she will ever feel like herself again.

A life‑saving procedure doesn’t just affect the body. It affects identity, confidence, relationships, and the nervous system. It affects the people who love her. It shakes the ground beneath everyone’s feet.

The Trauma No One Sees

Even when the surgery is “successful,” the emotional impact can feel like a storm that refuses to pass. Many women experience:

Medical trauma — the shock of facing mortality, the loss of control, the fear that lingers long after the hospital stay

Grief—not just for what happened, but for the version of themselves they can’t return to

Guilt—believing they “should’ve taken better care,” even when the truth is far more complex

Emotional exhaustion — the weight of trying to be strong for everyone else

This is not weakness. This is the nervous system trying to make sense of a life‑altering event.

The Family’s Silent Grief

Loved ones often carry their own trauma:

The fear of almost losing her

The helplessness of watching her in pain

The pressure to “stay positive”

The confusion of not knowing how to support her

Families grieve too — the fear, the uncertainty, the shift in roles. And sometimes, they don’t know how to talk about it.

The Guilt That Follows Her Home

Many women blame themselves after surgery:

“I should’ve noticed sooner.”

“I should’ve taken better care of myself.”

“I shouldn’t be this emotional.”

“I’m a burden.”

But guilt is a trauma response, not a truth. Healing requires compassion, not self‑punishment.

Healing Is Not Just Physical

Recovery is not just about incisions closing. It’s about:

Rebuilding trust in your body

Allowing yourself to feel the fear you pushed aside

Naming the grief you didn’t know you were carrying

Letting your support system show up for you

Learning to rest without apologizing

Major surgery is a rebirth, painful, disorienting, and transformative. And like any rebirth, it requires gentleness, patience, and support.

You Are Not Broken; You Are Becoming

If you are a woman healing from major surgery or someone who loves her, know this:

You are not dramatic.

You are not weak.

You are not “taking too long.”

You are healing from a moment that changed everything.

And healing, real healing takes time, truth, and tenderness.

We’ve got some exciting updates for our community!

Our Back 2 School Community Event is now happening at:

9600 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89117

There will be a raffle

A huge thank you to Sahara West Library DJ Remix, Robert "TWIX" Taylor, The Lovely Cookie of A.L.G. Sewing, Nail_Chef (TikTok), and the UNLV Rebel Divas, Tonya Taylor of Life Proof, for showing up, giving back, and pouring into our youth. Your support means everything.

If you’d like to donate supplies, we have registries at Target and Walmart; just search HonorMyRise.

If you’d like to donate financially, you can send contributions to CashApp: $HMRise.

For participation or confirmation, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

Let’s come together for supplies, resources, music, fun, and a strong start to the school year.

Together, we rise.

NEW UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!

CALL TO ACTION: BACK‑TO‑SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT. WE NEED YOU! August 1st, 2026 | 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm | Venue: Sahara West Library 9600 W. Sahara Ave. | Las Vegas, NV 89117 Setup time: 1:30

We are calling on all vendors, donors, volunteers, and community partners to join us for our Back 2 School Community Event, presented by LucynthiaEnt in partnership with HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma LLC. This event is dedicated to uplifting our youth and supporting families as they prepare for the upcoming school year.

🎒 WE ARE SEEKING SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF school supplies

backpacks

hygiene products

shoes & clothing

snacks & treats for the kids

barbers & beauticians

face painters

community resource organizations

coupons, service vouchers, gift cards for clothes We also want to include those families that are displaced, living in their cars, etc. Hygiene kits—travel‑size soap, wipes, deodorant, toothbrush/paste, and feminine products; these help maintain dignity when showers aren’t available.

Non‑perishable food—protein bars, tuna packs, fruit cups, nuts, and shelf‑stable meals that don’t require cooking.

Water jugs—1–2 gallon jugs for drinking, brushing teeth, and basic cleaning.

Warm blankets compact fleece or thermal blankets for cold nights.

Phone chargers — car‑plug USB chargers or battery banks to keep phones usable for work, school, and emergencies.

First-aid kits—bandages, antiseptic wipes, pain relievers, gloves.

Gas gift cards help families stay mobile and safe.

Baby supplies—diapers, wipes, formula, and rash cream if children are involved.

Organizational bins—small totes or soft bags to keep belongings clean and accessible.

Sunshades helps with privacy and temperature control.

volunteers for setup, distribution, and family support venue support a reasonably priced or donated space

💵 FINANCIAL DONATIONS ARE ALSO WELCOME If you would like to support financially, you may send donations via CashApp. $HMRise Please type "Back2School" in the subject line. Or our givebutter campaign:

The GiveButter Link https://givebutter.com/back-2-school-event-9zaeby

We also have a registry with Target https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver?registryId=59fde0c0-5942-11f1-92d3-6d7598f7acda&type=CHARITY

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/lists/wishlist/c84b658a-b0c9-492e-98a0-b2340c7ce672 (HonrMyRise)

Every contribution helps us reach our goal of providing 200 backpacks and essential items to children in need.

🎯 OUR MISSION Encourage community involvement

Create a positive, supportive family event

Provide school supplies, backpacks, and hygiene products

Connect families with local resources

Distribute items fairly and evenly to all children

🙏 THANK YOU IN ADVANCE We want to thank every vendor, donor, volunteer, and supporter who chooses to stand with us. Your generosity and community spirit make this event possible. Together, we will help our youth start the school year with confidence, dignity, and hope.

If you would like to participate or contribute in any way, please reach out. Let’s make this the strongest back-to-school event our community has ever seen.

One killer is watching the children no one is protecting.

Another is punishing the violence no one wants to admit exists.

Both believe they are doing the right thing.

They’re wrong.

Because when their worlds collide—

it won’t be about justice anymore.

It will be about who survives.

Domestic violence has many faces.

Some of them… kill back.

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BEFORE THE CROSSFIRE: A Critical Analysis ## WHAT YOU'VE CREATED This is a **masterwork of psychological suspense,** a collision narrative that doesn't just explore two serial killers; it deconstructs the mythology of justified violence. You've written something genuinely rare: a story where both antagonists believe they're heroes, and the tragedy isn't just their deaths but that they might have been *right* in ways the law can't accommodate.

UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!

CALL TO ACTION: BACK‑TO‑SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT. WE NEED YOU!

August 1st, 2026 | 12PM–2PM | Venue TBA

Setup time: 10:45 AM

We are calling on all vendors, donors, volunteers, and community partners to join us for our Back 2 School Community Event, presented by LucynthiaEnt in partnership with HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma LLC. This event is dedicated to uplifting our youth and supporting families as they prepare for the upcoming school year.

school supplies

backpacks

hygiene products

shoes & clothing

snacks & treats for the kids

barbers & beauticians

face painters

community resource organizations

coupons, service vouchers, gift cards for clothes

We also want to include those families that are displaced, living in their cars, etc.

Hygiene kits—travel‑size soap, wipes, deodorant, toothbrush/paste, and feminine products; these help maintain dignity when showers aren’t available.

Non‑perishable food—protein bars, tuna packs, fruit cups, nuts, and shelf‑stable meals that don’t require cooking.

Water jugs—1–2 gallon jugs for drinking, brushing teeth, and basic cleaning.

Warm blankets — compact fleece or thermal blankets for cold nights.

Phone chargers — car‑plug USB chargers or battery banks to keep phones usable for work, school, and emergencies.

First-aid kits—bandages, antiseptic wipes, pain relievers, gloves.

Gas gift cards—help families stay mobile and safe.

Baby supplies—diapers, wipes, formula, and rash cream if children are involved.

Organizational bins—small totes or soft bags to keep belongings clean and accessible.

Sunshades—helps with privacy and temperature control.

volunteers for setup, distribution, and family support

venue support a reasonably priced or donated space

If you would like to support financially, you may send donations via CashApp. $HMRise

Please type "Back2School" in the subject line. Or our givebutter campaign:

The GiveButter Link https://givebutter.com/back-2-school-event-9zaeby

We also have a registry with Target https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver...

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/.../c84b658a-b0c9-492e-98a0... (HonrMyRise)

Every contribution helps us reach our goal of providing 200 backpacks and essential items to children in need.

Encourage community involvement

Create a positive, supportive family event

Provide school supplies, backpacks, and hygiene products

Connect families with local resources

Distribute items fairly and evenly to all children

We want to thank every vendor, donor, volunteer, and supporter who chooses to stand with us. Your generosity and community spirit make this event possible. Together, we will help our youth start the school year with confidence, dignity, and hope.

If you would like to participate or contribute in any way, please reach out.

Let’s make this the strongest back-to-school event our community has ever seen.

CALL TO ACTION: BACK‑TO‑SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT. WE NEED YOU!

August 1st, 2026 | 12PM–2PM | Venue TBA

Setup time: 10:45 AM

We are calling on all vendors, donors, volunteers, and community partners to join us for our Back 2 School Community Event, presented by LucynthiaEnt in partnership with Honor My Rise Grief & Trauma. This event is dedicated to uplifting our youth and supporting families as they prepare for the upcoming school year.

school supplies

backpacks

hygiene products

shoes & clothing

snacks & treats for the kids

barbers & beauticians

face painters

community resource organizations

coupons or service vouchers

volunteers for setup, distribution, and family support

venue support a reasonably priced or donated space

If you would like to support financially, you may send donations via CashApp.

$HMRise

Please type "Back2School" in the subject line.

Every contribution helps us reach our goal of providing 200 backpacks and essential items to children in need.

Encourage community involvement

Create a positive, supportive family event

Provide school supplies, backpacks, and hygiene products

Connect families with local resources

Distribute items fairly and evenly to all children

We want to thank every vendor, donor, volunteer, and supporter who chooses to stand with us. Your generosity and community spirit make this event possible. Together, we will help our youth start the school year with confidence, dignity, and hope.

If you would like to participate or contribute in any way, please reach out.

Let’s make this the strongest Back‑to‑School event our community has ever seen. For questions, [email protected]

By Michelle Bardlett HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma LLC

There’s a moment after every shooting when everything goes quiet. Not the kind of quiet that brings peace the kind that brings truth. Because when a young person loses their life to gun violence, the story doesn’t end in the street. It ripples outward into homes, into hearts, into entire communities that will never be the same. And the ones pulling the trigger rarely see the damage they leave behind.

The Family That Never Recovers

When a young person dies, the first people to break are the parents. A mother identifying her child’s body is a pain that has no language. A father choosing a casket is a decision no parent should ever face. Siblings grow up with a hole in their world that never closes. And here’s the part young people don’t think about: Every time you pick up a gun, you’re not just ending one life. You're breaking an entire family. The grief doesn’t fade. It becomes the air they breathe. The Community That Feels Every Loss A shooting doesn’t just take a life It takes safety, trust, and hope. Kids grow up afraid to walk to school. Grandmothers sleep on the floor to avoid stray bullets. Neighbors stop talking to each other because fear replaces connection. Communities don’t heal when the violence keeps repeating. They stay stuck in survival mode. And the saddest part? Most of the violence is over nothing, a look, a color, a street, a rumor, a moment of pride. Lives traded for ego. Futures destroyed for seconds of anger. The First Responders Who Carry the Images Forever People forget about them, the paramedics, firefighters, and officers who arrive first. They’re the ones who see the bodies. They’re the ones who try to save a life that’s already slipping away. They’re the ones who go home with images they can’t unsee. They don’t talk about it, but it changes them. It wears them down. It breaks them in ways the public never hears about. Violence doesn’t just hurt the victim. It traumatizes everyone who has to clean up the aftermath. The Question Young People Need to Ask Themselves Before you pull the trigger… before you join a gang… Before you let anger make a decision your future can’t afford… Ask yourself: “If losing someone hurts me this deeply, why would I ever want to make someone else feel that same pain?” Because the truth is simple: You don’t just kill a person. You kill birthdays. You kill graduations. You kill dreams. You kill the version of yourself that could’ve been something more. And you carry that weight forever. There is another way. You are not trapped. You are not doomed. You are not defined by your neighborhood, your past, or your mistakes. There are people who will help you rise mentors, programs, community leaders, and organizations like HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma LLC that understand trauma, loss, and the cycles that keep young people stuck. You deserve a life that doesn’t end in a headline. You deserve a future that doesn’t involve funerals. You deserve to live long enough to see who you can become. And the community deserves to stop burying its children.

Join us for an inspiring community event right here in the heart of Las Vegas. This special gathering brings together a talented group of local writers, including Michelle B., author of Whispers from Puddin’ and founder of HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma LLC, along with several other amazing authors. At the Inkfluencers event, May 21, 2026, Foreign Exchange Lounge, 200 Hoover Ave Ste 150.

There will be a Q&A with the audience, so you can even participate if you’d like! Also there will be a giveaway during this event. Come mix and mingle with me and the other authors from 7PM to 8PM, and then we’ll hit the stage at 8PM for our presentations.

I’m honored to be part of this event as we come together for an evening of connection, storytelling, and community support.

Meet a diverse lineup of authors who will be available for book signings, conversations, and shared moments of creativity. You’ll also have the chance to win beautifully crafted baskets created by author Michelle B. and learn more about the vital healing work being done through HonorMyRise Grief & Trauma.

This is a totally FREE event, 21+ free parking—with a purchase. participation to support the venue that has given me this opportunity to spotlight my book, cocktails, mocktails, juice, etc. You can also grab a copy of my book if you haven’t already. Thank you so much in advance for your support

I can’t wait to see you Thursday!"

We look forward to seeing you for a night filled with literature, local voices, and community spirit.

See attached flyer for full details.

Please visit our new books/Apparel shop. We have amazing 3D sublimation shirts and more. Also, with more new designs coming.