why free flower?
in 2018, after a trip to north carolina, i was given the name free flower.
at the time, i didn’t know the full meaning.
i only knew my body was asking me to listen— to tend to my womb, to begin the work of healing from the inside out.
that season led me back to birth work, plant medicine, to somatic practice, to art and poetry as prayer.
it opened a path of remembering— of learning how to carry myself as a vessel of ancestral knowing.
the original free flower logo, 2018
years later, in 2025, my grandmother passed. in her transition, we learned she had been adopted— and that her birth name was flowers, with family roots in north carolina.
that revelation rooted everything.
free flower was never just a name— it was an assignment. confirmation that this work is for my lineage. for healing what’s been held in silence. for reclaiming what was taken and returning what still lives in the blood.
this is my offering to them.
and to us.
because you, too, have an assignment— a whisper passed down through your bloodline, a gift waiting for your yes. even if you haven’t received the confirmation yet,
your body remembers.
your breath remembers.
your ancestors are still speaking.
for you to root, to rise, and to remember.