Happy Tuesday evening, friends.
How is everyone doing on this beautiful night. If you’re reading this, feel free to shoot me a text or drop me a comment — I genuinely love hearing from you. Connection is one of my favorite parts of this little corner we’ve built together.
Tonight, I’m sitting here in my quiet space, letting the day settle around me. There’s something about Tuesday evenings — they’re not loud like Fridays or sentimental like Sundays. They’re ordinary in the best way. They give you room to breathe, to think, to catch up with yourself.
And that’s what I wanted to do tonight. Just… catch up. With you. With me. With the life that’s unfolding in front of me.
Because something new has begun — something I’ve been dreaming about quietly, almost shyly, for a long time.
I officially own my own business.
Even typing that feels surreal. For now, it looks like a whole lot of writing, posting, learning, and figuring out where I fit in this big, beautiful creative community. It looks like late‑night notes on my phone, early‑morning ideas, and the kind of hope that feels both tender and electric.
But it also looks like purpose. Like alignment. Like the beginning of something I didn’t even know I was brave enough to claim.
I now own Eternal Echoes: Living Letters and Legacy Stories.
Eternal Echoes is the place where I help people say the things they’ve been carrying in their hearts — the words they want to write but don’t know how to begin. It’s where stories become something sacred. Where memories turn into something that can be held, shared, and passed down. Where the things we feel but can’t quite articulate finally find their voice.
It’s the work I was made for. The work I’ve been circling for years. The work that feels like home.
And if I’m honest, I think I knew this long before I admitted it to myself.
When I handed Aunt Billie her finished memoir, something inside me shifted. I realized I hadn’t just written a story — I had written a legacy. I had captured a life, a lineage, a love that deserved to be held in someone’s hands. And even though her story was the first one I ever wrote, and even though I didn’t have my questions prepared or my process refined, I wrote it from the place I knew best: my relationship with her.
I wrote her the way I see her. The way her family sees her. The way her life has touched ours.
And somehow, even with all the learning curves and the things I want to go back and add, it turned out beautifully. It turned out true.
For so long, I’ve struggled with the desire to work — to contribute, to create, to be part of something — while also living inside a body that doesn’t always allow it. I’ve tried going back to work more times than I can count, only to end up in the hospital. My disabilities have shaped my life in ways I never expected.
So you might be wondering: Why start a business? Isn’t that more work?
For me, the answer is no. It’s actually less.
Because this work happens at my pace — a Dawna pace. Not a job pace. Not a clock‑in, clock‑out pace. A pace that honors my body, my health, my limitations, and my gifts.
I can write in between doctor visits. I can journal on days I can’t move. I can create even when I’m in pain, because writing brings me comfort. It brings me home to myself.
I know I have a lot to iron out before I’m a fully formed company, and that’s okay. Slow and steady feels right. Slow and steady feels sustainable. Slow and steady feels like I’m making a difference in this world — one story at a time.
I’m going to add some links here, and if you feel led, I would so appreciate you checking out my different platforms. But before you head over to any of those, I want to promise you something:
Love Life With Dawna will never become a marketing space.
This is my cozy corner. My soft place. My gathering room for the people I love and the people who love me. This is where I show up as myself — not as a business owner, not as a brand, but as Dawna.
If you have feedback, advice, or thoughts about my new adventure, I would welcome them with open arms. Truly.
So, my dear friends, this is where my path seems to be leading me — down this journey of writing, preserving, and bringing to life the unspoken words of so many beautiful people in this world.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading. Thank you for walking with me as I step into this new chapter.
We’re just getting started.
Love Life++ Hugs,
Dawna‑Rae
🦋 may the butterflies remind you that we are all still becoming
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