{"id":1789,"date":"2026-08-18T06:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/873994\/?page_id=1789"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:30:00","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/BalboaPress\/873994\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When My Body Stayed<\/em><\/strong> is a poetic tribute to the quiet loyalty of the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through twenty-one intimate poems\u2014each honoring a different body part\u2014this collection offers gratitude to the systems that carried us through exhaustion, heartbreak, illness, uncertainty, and survival. From breath to bone, nerve to skin, these poems speak to the unseen labor of staying alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a book about fixing the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a book about recognizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written with tenderness and restraint, When My Body Stayed<\/em><\/strong> invites readers to slow down and acknowledge the parts of themselves that endured when they infelt alone, pushed forward when they were ready to give up, and adapted in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone navigating burnout, grief, trauma, or deep fatigue\u2014for anyone learning how to thank themselves for surviving\u2014this book is an offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reminder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quiet act of devotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When My Body Stayed is a poetic tribute to the quiet loyalty of the human body. Through twenty-one intimate poems\u2014each honoring a different body part\u2014this collection offers gratitude to the systems that carried us through exhaustion, heartbreak, illness, uncertainty, and survival. From breath to bone, nerve to skin, these poems speak to the unseen labor … <\/p>\n

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