Dedication
For every Black and African girl who was told her skin, her voice, or her dreams were “too much.”
For the firstborns who carried the family’s weight in silence.
For the women who dimmed their own light just to survive rooms that were never built for them.
For the girl I used to be, who thought she had to be invincible to be loved.
For the man who will one day love me with covenant gentleness and stay when it’s hard.
This book is for your scars, your faith, and the light that refused to die.
