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I'm Supposed to Have a 5 Year Old By Now

I’m not sure what my career aspirations were in kindergarten.

Published on The Nuance Diaries • Feb 16

Life is rarely one thing and neither am I

and neither is this newsletter

Feb 13 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

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How Light Emerges Even from the Darkest of the Darkness

Or, what happens when I hit 'record' without a plan

Feb 7 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

23:26

If ICE takes me

I want to tell you a story.

Jan 30 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

I have something completely new to share

introducing my custom, hand-crafted oil pastel cards.

Jan 22 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

Coffee and Dresses

a poem/song on the unspoken feelings we bury within

Published on The Nuance Diaries • Jan 18

what if the wind was a knife?

a poem about invisible pain

Jan 15 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

An Excursion of Truth

Plus a (literal) invitation to tell the truth together, at the end of this post

Jan 7 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

measuring my year in words and community

a deep look back at 2025 inside our nuanced community

Dec 30, 2025 • Alexa Juanita Jordan

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What sensitive, deeply feeling people are thinking but don’t say. AKA the stuff you usually save for the group chat.

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