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    Two people with self made walls meet and learn how to live instead of existing.

    Charlotte Joy Strand grew up with a firefighter father in New York City. She witnessed the horror of 9/11 with her twin brother, both afraid for their father who was front and center at Ground Zero. She saw her happy, go-lucky, hero of a father change after the events of that day. She watched as walls were built between her father and the rest of his family as he struggled to rebuild a fire house that had lost most of their members to the collapse of the Towers. By the time he had let his walls back down, he was preparing to divorce his wife, his son was hanging out with bad kids and his daughter was trying to hold her family together and learning how to put up her own walls.

    Eddie Diaz/OC

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    01 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    “I grew up in the foster care system. I never knew my mother—never had a real family, a place to call home. I belonged to nothing and nothing belonged to me."

    A child raised in darkness learns to fear the light.

    Until she was seventeen, Lillian lived in fear of the faceless figure that cast such an oppressive shadow over her life. Even as an adult, she’s unsettled by the sight of an open doorway to a dark room—forever wary of what might be lurking on the threshold.

    When the nightmares she’s been plagued by for years disappear with the birth of her daughter, Lilly fears she passed them on to her. Until, after the death of her best friend, the visions begin to reappear. Suddenly, she’s thrust into the darkness once again; only now she isn’t the only one there. For the first time in her life, Lilly must reckon with what family really means to her, and whether holding on too tightly is any better than letting go.

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    05 Oct 2025