From the memoir

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If you’ve ever wondered what Gel Pen Flowers really feels like… this is where it begins.

“I love the rain. There is something about just standing in it for a few minutes that refreshes my soul…”

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I'm Trish

I think about the beauty this world holdsdeep conversations with strangers,clothes with mismatched patterns,and the feeling of holding paper instead of endlessly editing pixels.I think about rain hitting my face on a mountaintop while I sat in a poncho, playing with leaves.I think about my daughter, the world she’s growing up in, and how to help her see the magic in herself, while protecting the magic around her.This space exists because over the last decade, I grew. I shed. I slowly became myself.I’m tired of being sold to.Tired of trends.Tired of what the internet has done to how we see and treat each other.I grew up on MySpace. I learned code just to add glitter to my page. I saw the world before it went fully digital, and then learned how to build inside it anyway.This is a place to breathe together.

Patricia Petrakis holding her book Gel Pen Flowers on a beach, representing a return to writing and creativity

That Time I Wrote a Pretty Sick Book

I didn’t mean to write this book.

For a long time, writing was something I quietly let go of, tucked away while I chased other loves, built other versions of myself, and learned how to move through the world.

But some things don’t stay quiet forever.

Gel Pen Flowers found its way back to me in a season where I was finally ready to listen. What came out wasn’t perfect...it was honest, a little messy, and deeply human.

This is a story about coming back to yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like you lost a part of yourself… this is for you.

About the parts of you that never really leave.

Step Into the Story

From the memoir

Read the Beginning

If you’ve ever wondered what Gel Pen Flowers really feels like… this is where it begins.

“I love the rain. There is something about just standing in it for a few minutes that refreshes my soul…”

Read the Opening

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