The past can bury you. The future can scare you.

A place where truth and light will always stay.

Blu Belle Rising was not created because I have life figured out.

It was created because I truly don’t.

Like so many others, I’m still learning, still learning to heal, and still questioning and still trying to find the little specks of light in the cold, overwhelming darkness of life. I am still stuck between who I used to be and who I hope to grow into. While still trying to find grace, love, and compassion for who I am right now.

This is not a place built for perfection.

Here, stories will not be hidden. Pain will not be minimized. Healing will never follow a straight line.

We will celebrate growth, sit with grief, recognize fear, ask the difficult questions, and remind each other that we are not alone if you choose to stay. I want you to know we welcome you as you are. We will hold the torch for those who are lost, looking to find their way back through the darkness.

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About

Hi, I’m Sierra Belle.

I am a mother to two boys, and have been married for almost a decade. In December of 2019, I hit my version of rock bottom, and it was the best thing that could have happened.

I landed on a road with two choices. I either let the past bury me alive, or I climb my way out of the grave I dug myself.

If I am being honest, I am not the one who has life figured out. In fact, I created this website because I truly don’t. Like many of you, I have experienced grief, trauma, fear, darkness, love, and light all at the same time. I am still stuck in the middle of my journey. While many people think the hardest part is choosing to work on yourself, or start a new career, or take a massive risk, that was not the case for me in my own journey

. The hardest part is being right in the middle. Where you see where you came from, you’re humble enough to admit it, hold compassion for the journey. Then you see where you’re going, and you’re never quite sure if you will ever make it. But you keep hoping and trying to take that next step.

This website is where I will share reflections, advocacy, photography of the things I finally get to see, lessons I have learned, and the ongoing journey of knowing when to rest and hide under my covers, and when it's time for me to stand back up.

Until the next torch is lit.

~ Sierra Belle ~