Peaches are the color of orange sorbet, the ocean is like blue green algae, the rocks where I grew up are red, and lavender is the color I became when I turned 28. Lavender is a collection of poetry, but more than that it is a collection of moments. These words have followed me through the past ten years of life like little shadows and have come to fruition as a book through both vulnerability and bravery. Within Lavender I am able to share the intricacies of seeing beauty in all stages of life; love, loss, mistakes, failure, happiness and new beginnings. Lavender is the way the dust settled around me, it is the place I found as home, it is who I am.