Jessica Cunningham Writes: The Woman I'm Becoming, a vintage coastal collage of treasured family memories

The Journal

  • Chapter Three | The House That Built Me

    Chapter Three | The House That Built Me

    “Sometimes the places we spend our childhood trying to grow beyond become the very places our hearts spend adulthood longing to return to.” There is a song by Miranda Lambert called The House That Built Me. I’ve heard it more times than I could…

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  • Home Was my Grandmother

    “Home isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s the person whose presence makes you feel safe, loved, and like you belong.” When people hear that I was raised by a single father, they usually respond with surprise. “A man raised a little girl?” Yes. And…

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  • The memories I Never Had

    “Some of my earliest memories don’t come from my mind. They come from photographs. Maybe that’s why I’ve spent my whole life searching for the pieces that were missing.” People say a picture is worth a thousand words. For me, they’re worth something far…

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  • Welcome to The Woman I’m Becoming!

    Thank you so much for supporting my writing and becoming part of this journey. This blog is about real life, motherhood, healing, sobriety, personal growth, and finding strength through life’s hardest chapters. Your support helps me continue sharing my stories, writing from the heart,…

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