What if healing didn’t mean becoming someone new, but learning how to come home to yourself? Sit by the Fires: An Invitation to Rest is a collection of honest poetry and reflection born from grief, trauma, anger, love, motherhood, survival, and the slow work of becoming yourslef. Through four fires, the Watchfire, the Forge Fire, the Hearth Fire, and the Inner Fire, Ember Alexis explores what it means to live through what hurts, reshape what no longer serves you, and eventually build a life where peace feels possible. These pages hold grief alongside joy, anger alongside compassion, and hard-won boundaries alongside the tenderness of learning to love yourself again. They are not instructions for healing, but an invitation to sit with yourself honestly, without judgment or expectation. For anyone who has ever felt too much, carried too much, or wondered who they might become after surviving; there is a place for you here. Take off your armor. Come sit by the fire. Rest awhile.