A love letter to the chaos

A Love Letter to the Chaos"I thought love was something added, layered over a life already built. I didn't know it was a demolition."Written in the early morning half-light and in the margins of a demanding professional life, A Love Letter to the Chaos spans a decade of radical transformation. It tracks the evolution of a woman from a self-assured teenager at the altar to a mother-advocate navigating neurodivergence, hearing loss, and a global pandemic.Balancing the sharp, pressed suits of corporate ambition with the milk-stained shirts of a home overflowing with three young boys, Stevie Ingram-Palmer beautifully captures the twin engines of a modern mother's heart. From the high-wire tightrope of working from home to the quiet, profound isolation of a lockdown labour (celebrated in her 21st Century Emily Dickinson Award-winning poetry suite, The Muffled Room), these poems expose the raw vulnerability of fighting for a child to be seen in a world that moves too fast.Deeply moving and universally resonant, this collection is for every parent standing behind a closed home-office door, whispering "five more minutes" through the gap, while guarding the most precious world on the other side. It is a triumphant, beautiful celebration of family, stubborn love, and the ordinary days that matter most.

Pages: 88, Paperback, Oak Porch Press