Introduction
These stories were written for moments when something quietly gives way.
Stories from the Leak
These stories were written for moments when something quietly gives way.
Not the dramatic kind of breaking—
but the subtle leaking that happens when you’ve been holding too much for too long.
They are for the days when language fails,
when certainty disappears,
when you find yourself tired of being strong in ways that don’t feel like care.
Stories from the Leak is not a guidebook.
It doesn’t offer solutions or timelines.
It doesn’t promise closure.
Instead, it offers companionship.
Each story is a place to pause.
A moment to breathe.
A reminder that what you’re experiencing has shape, texture, and meaning—even if it doesn’t have answers yet.
These reflections touch grief, identity, work, illness, belonging, survival, and becoming. Some are heavy. Some are quiet. All are honest.
You don’t have to read them in order.
You don’t have to finish one to begin another.
You don’t have to understand yourself completely to be here.
Let these stories meet you where you are.
Take what you need.
Leave what you don’t.
Come back when the water runs low.
This is an invitation—not to fix what’s leaking,
but to listen to it.
Because sometimes the leak is not a failure.
Sometimes it’s the first sign
that something inside you is asking
to be tended.
Sip slowly.
You are welcome here. 💧