My name is Renee Daniels-Mantle.

The photo above sums up the reason for this blog. It’s an old snapshot of me, taken by someone else who appears to have their shit together, that could be entitled Using the Rearview Mirror to Reflect Upon My Exhaustive Search for Something of Meaning on the Horizon.

Here’s my train wreck of a redemption story, written with hope as it unfolds in reality and remembrance.