Heather Hanenburg is a Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet, and former LPN from Boaz, Alabama, whose years in nursing shaped her commitment to storytelling rooted in compassion, trauma, disability, and survival. Now earning her B.A. in English and Creative Writing with a concentration in nonfiction at Southern New Hampshire University, Heather brings a caregiver’s insight and a mother’s heart to her work. She is the author of Unraveling Myself, a memoir-in-progress, and A Mosaic of Miracles, a poetry and essay collection inspired by her daughter Savannah’s miraculous premature birth and life with Down syndrome. Her writing has appeared on The Mighty and Save Down Syndrome.
My Journey
My journey as a writer began in the quiet aftermath of struggle. Through grief, motherhood, trauma, and unexpected miracles, writing became the place where I lay down what hurts, honor what heals, and uncover the resilience that carries me forward.
My Mission
Here, you’ll find essays, poems, and reflections that reveal hope in the midst of hardship and beauty in the process of becoming. My goal is to connect readers who seek meaning in their own stories and to remind us all that recovery isn’t a single moment—it’s a revelation that unfolds one story at a time.
