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The Comeback: I’m Still Standing

By Ashley March 16, 2025

I completed a certificate program in Media and Medicine: How to Tell Stories That Make a Difference through Harvard Medical School. Talk about an Anchor in a storm, my God is incredible. (6 minutes read time.)

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Emergence

By Ashley March 3, 2025 2

The grand finale of this chapter is on the horizon, but this isn’t the end, yet. (2 minutes read time)

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It Will End in Victory, Part 3

By Ashley May 29, 2024

There are so many parts to my medical school journey that never made it to pen and paper. This story has many layers. Here I stand at the start of…(13 minutes read time.)

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The Summer After, part 2

By Ashley February 3, 2024

I believed my survival in my car accident was a fluke. It is a miracle to still be living. There has to be a reason for that.

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Metamorphosis

By Ashley January 1, 2024 2

If 2023 were a love story, I’d call it Yahweh.

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The Summer After, part 1

By Ashley August 17, 2023

No matter how far time carries me away from the memories, I rest assured knowing history holds them safely. Pictures and words carry me back to them, just for a little while.

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Self-Discovery

Who Am I?

By Ashley April 20, 2023

A lot has changed since the launch of Thoughtful Gems, and it’s only fitting that the “About” page evolves along with it. ❤︎

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Trifecta Perfected

By Ashley April 5, 2023

He waited for me, patiently. And from a low place I found my chin being lifted, my identity being reaffirmed and a gentle voice in my ear reminding me not to drop my crown.

I’ve never felt more cherished, loved or chosen.

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They Say When You’re Healed, You Tell the Story Differently

By Ashley March 9, 2023 1

I think I’m closer to becoming who I was always intended to be. Closer, than ever before.

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Love Letter I Never Received

By Ashley February 5, 2023

There is so much beauty in this world, and within her. I’m confident that one day the right man will open his eyes and see it.

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