Wings I Never Asked for: A Memoir of Adoption, Identity and Finding Home

For every little girl who's ever asked, "Why me?" this is for you.

I never planned to tell this story.

Some memories were too painful.
Some chapters too personal.
Some truths too heavy to say out loud.

But silence doesn't heal.
And what I've learned sometimes through heartbreak, sometimes through grace is that our stories are not just meant for us. They are meant to free others too.

This is the story of a little girl from Jamaica who had no idea she was being prepped for a new life.
A girl who was taken from everything she knew and placed in a world she didn't understand.
A girl who smiled through confusion, fought through pain, and carried questions that had no easy answers.

It's a story of loss, identity, and longing.
Of trauma buried deep and the courage it takes to face it.
Of love lost, love found, and love finally accepted.
Of motherhood as salvation.
Of resilience as rebellion.
Of becoming whole on my own terms.

This book is not about perfection.
It's about survival.
It's about finding your way back to yourself after being lost in the expectations, the labels, the secrets, and the silence.

I wrote this not just to remember but to reclaim.
To heal the child I once was.
To honor the woman I became.
And to offer a light for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or unloved.

So, if you've ever questioned your place in the world...
If you've ever carried pain in your body and didn't know why...
If you've ever had to choose yourself when it would've been easier to give up...

Then this is your story too.

Welcome to my journey.
Welcome to becoming me.