Amateur Hour: The Stages of Me

Always remember;We are not born fully formed.We are shaped by grief, by love, by loss, by the choices we make when no one is watching.Amateur Hour: The Stages of Me is a raw and intimate poetry collection tracing the evolution of a girl who learned too young what it meant to survive - and the woman who chose to turn survival into strength. Through childhood loss, generational trauma, self-destruction, motherhood, and unimaginable grief, Chrissy documents the stages that built her. Not perfectly. Not gracefully. But honestly. This is not a story about staying broken.It is about rebuilding.It is about breaking cycles.It is about becoming the safe place you once needed. For young mothers.For survivors.For anyone learning that resilience is not loud - it is consistent. Forward is possible.These are the stages that prove that. Read more