The story of the lotus captured my attention. Despite being submerged and covered in mud, it bloomed. Life has been kind to me and sometimes, not so kind, and for every moment, my poetry and my faith kept me going.  Bloom by 30 is my journey to 30 captured with words. The journey from a 17-year-old love-struck girl to a full-blown passionate, purpose-driven, faith-filled woman. Bloom by 30 embodies the heart and soul of a woman in and out of love, battling life struggles by faith and coming into her own.