Welcome Home
Welcome folks! Chantelle here, and I’m surprisingly good at running away. Or, I used to be. I ran away with a backpack after college, and I wound up running away from my attempted murderers. Here I am 6 years later, at 28, still in my healing journey with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). After a year of bed rest, I’m relearning lots of things, including how to travel my own backyard in a fulfilling way as a survivor. New England air has never smelled so sweet. I’ve decided that I want to take you along for this adventure, now that I can, so I’m getting good at running away again, local edition.
My Debut Book is Out Now!
Today is launch day for a very special project. You can now purchase my debut book, Bright Spots, available beginning today, 11/22. My debut collection of poetry Bright Spots found me as winter met spring and I chose to meet myself. Book 1 follows my inner musings from February through May, from the final straws of an…
Happy Six Years
Happy Six Years! I’m sitting on a farm in the mountains of New York amongst the flowers and reflecting on the recent remark I’ve made that year six has felt the most progressive in my healing journey thus far. Maybe I feel that because I’ve settled into my rehab routine and maintenance, or because my…
Five Years Survived
I hate this photo. My favorite jeans. They’re lost to a lost evidence box. He made fun of my scarf. It had been my beach towel in Croatia. I try not to hear him too closely anymore. I want his voice to grow muddy and murky until it’s unrecognizable. The university hoodie on top of…
I Release It
A couple of weeks ago I shared a more palatable statement on social media claiming maybe 2021 will be my year to get justice, and it was shared, because it was more palatable, because it made people feel like they had done something, and as I typed the words they felt hollow and false, and…
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Getting Good at Running Away 