Thorns of Rose

For years, I walked the hospital halls as a licensed clinical social worker, comforting patients and families through some of their hardest moments. But behind my professional strength was a silent struggle of my own. Thorns of Rose is my raw and deeply personal memoir about battling infertility, enduring multiple IVF cycles, and surviving losses that almost broke me. In a maternal health system where Black women are too often overlooked and unheard, my journey shines a light on what so many of us carry in silence, from the quiet grief of negative pregnancy tests to the physical and emotional scars left by fertility treatments. But this isn't just a story of pain. It's a story of faith that never let go, of a marriage tested and refined, and of the miracle we prayed for, our daughter, born after years of tears, prayers, and hope that refused to die. This book is for every woman navigating infertility, for those who love them, and for anyone who needs to be reminded that grief and miracles can exist in the same story.