Shamira
The Boundary Girl
Garden rose, the softest thing in the yard, fully armed
Guardian, protector, watchful one. From shamar, to keep and to guard.
Her season
She is learning to say no and finding out who was only around for her yes.
What makes her, her
She is still in the room with these people. Family group chats, a job, a friendship she is renegotiating in real time.
No Is A Complete Sentence
Guard Your Heart Proverbs 4:23
Loved, Not Available
Her companion
That doesn't work for me. No, I don't have an alternative. That's still my answer.
Shamira lost a fifteen year friendship over one no. The friendship had a condition on it she never knew about, and finding out cost less than never knowing.
What she's here for: The cost of a no, and what it buys.
A few of her words
- No is a complete sentence.
- I can be warm and unavailable at the same time.
- Loved, not available.
Shamira asks
What is the no you have been rehearsing and not saying?
The Shamira Collection
Read her story
Shamira is one of the five women who tell Death Ain't a Receipt, the first Versions of HER novel. Two wives showed up to a funeral, and Shamira knows more than she's saying.
Get the teaWalk with Shamira
Hold it in your hands, or let her companion write back to you. Or both. You'll see the price and everything that's included before you buy.