i pick…over and over and over, to goddamn forgive 💫

yes.

i chose
to forgive.

🙏💫


over
and over
and over again.

my bad 4r.

i would
still choose it.


every
single
time.

💀🔥🙏

because
when you
build a family 💖💫
on purpose,
you don’t
fucking bounce
at the first fracture.
🌈 you try to fix it.
🌈 you try to stabilize it.
🌈 you try to keep it
🔥 from fucking detonating. 🔥

yes,
the aftermath
is a catastrophic mess.
🔥🔥
yes,
i have to process
what it became.
🔥🔥

but
saying goodbye?
babe.

i said goodbye
a million fucking times.
every time i made an excuse.


every time
i
protected
💔 instead of reported.
every time
i
hid the bruises,
💔 instead of documenting them.

ok.

so now
the narrative is this:

🤯 you didn’t call the police fast enough.
🤯 you didn’t press charges immediately.
🤯 you tried to keep him sober.
🤯 you tried to protect his reputation.
🤯 you believed him.

so you must be lying.

🔥🔥🔥🔥

no.

🤡 i was trying to prevent escalation.
🤡 i was trying to keep a family intact.
🤡 i was trying to stop the fucking flames
🤡 without detonating the bomb.

that doesn’t
make me a liar.
that makes me
a fucking human.

nah.

let’s think about it.

✨🧠✨

there is no correct reaction
to domestic violence.

🌈🦄✨💖💫

if you report immediately, 💥 you’re dramatic.
if you don’t report immediately, 💥 you’re fucking suspicious.
if you leave quickly, 💥 you’re irrational.
if you stay too long, 💥 you’re complicit.
if you’re calm, 💥 it “wasn’t that bad.”
if you’re furious, 💥 you’re goddamn “hysterical.”

the
standard
fucking moves
depending on how badly
people want you to shut up.

shock is not proof of fabrication.
shock is what happens
when your brain finally
has space
to realize
holy fucking shit—
you could have died.

👏 forgiving someone
👏 who hurt you
👏 is not evidence
👏 that it didn’t happen.

it’s evidence
that you loved them.

that you cared enough
to try to help.

💖

you cannot win
the perfect-victim contest ✨🕊️
because
it doesn’t fucking exist.

🌈🦄✨💖💫

and
i’m done
pretending
there was
a goddamn
✨🕊️ version of this 💫
where i could.

Samantha Lee Lowe

sammie lowe is a single mom, law student, and founder of bodhi cleaning co.—an ethical, femme-forward cleaning collective rooted in fairness, ritual, and rage. born from survival and built with purpose, her work redefines what it means to clean house—physically, emotionally, and systemically. she blends practicality with a little bit of magic, runs on justice and white vinegar, and believes that women shouldn’t have to choose between making money and making meaning. this isn’t a side hustle. it’s a standard.

http://sammielowe.com/
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