Thank you so much to my friend Jenna for gifting me a copy of her book of poetry!

23 Summers of Sarra is a collection of poems written by the talented writer Jenna Ragsdale.

I have known Jenna since we were in elementary school and continue to be present in each other lives with the help of social media. I love following her poetry and seeing the drawings done by her aunt that goes along with the poem.

This book was dedicated to a wonderful human, Sarra Josephine whom we only had on this earth for 23 years. I wish I had the opportunity to know Sara Josephine as themselves. I had previously knew them in their prior life with their dead name but once I graduated we had gone separate ways and missed that opportunity. But I will always hold the time I had with her close to my heart.

If you are interested in relatable, short but poignant poems, give Jenna a follow to see more of her poetry @jennaragsdalepoetry!

I have included one poem that really hit home was called “the woman”:
i admit
i was lost
floated away
took foolish chances
wasted years that i took for
granted; sadness swallowed me whole
every weekend i had to go on apology tours
but then came my 30s & the fog started
fading how lucky am i to get an act II? i’m
finally finding the woman my mom raised me to