A Fresh Face, A Brave Truth

Reina Dorado
Sep 1
2 min read

Updated: Sep 4

Okay,

So

I’ve redesigned my website.

New layout,

New energy,

Same Ole Me

Stepping Outside the Box 📦

with some

fresh

brave truth.

But let me tell you,

it’s not

as easy as

I thought it would be

to start fresh,

and speak the truth to the world

—even when the world

don’t even know who you are.

Funny how that works.

See,

I told myself for a long time

that I was holding back

because of my children.

I didn’t want them

to read my words

-especially-

about

how I feel

about some of the things

they

have put me through

and you know

feel a certain kind a way.

I thought,

“What if they don’t like it?"

"What if they don’t agree?”

"What if their feelings are hurt?"

But here’s the thing…

all my babies are over 30 now.

Grown.

Adults.

And as much as

I want to

give them

the same respect

I expect back,

I can’t keep cutting pieces

of myself out

just to make everybody else comfortable.

I started All I’m Sayin’ Is…🫦 for a reason.

It was meant

to be my space for truth,

expression,

and conversation.

And if I’m real about that,

then leaving out

the biggest part of my life

—my kids, my family, my struggles—

ain’t really living up to that.

So, yeah…

maybe before

I was worried about

upsetting my parents,

Or others,

Now,

Maybe it’s my children.

But either way,

the Black Sheep 🐑in me

is Still

alive and well,

Still

going against the grain.

Still

telling it like it is.

Please understand this:

I love my children.

I love my parents.

I love the man I love.

That love is never in question.

But I also love me.

And I live

by certain standards

and principles

that I can’t just let slide.

Not for anyone.

So,

this blog?

This space?

It’s my bottle to the sea.

My little voice

floating out from my island.

And even if

nobody ever finds it floating out there,

even if

I’m the only one

that ever reads these words,

I gotta say—it’s still beautiful here. 😂