Rebekah is a writer, artist, student, and lifelong observer of how belief systems shape our lives. She is currently working on a memoir that examines the cost of silence, the mythology of endurance, and what happens when a woman raised to equate suffering with love begins to question that story.

She spent twenty-three years in the U. S. Army as a professional musician, an experience that reinforced both discipline and creativity. Deepening her understanding of how identity, success, and worth are often measured through rule-following, performance, and external validation. Her military career, like her upbringing in a religious environment, rewarded endurance, compliance, and excellence within clearly defined systems, shaping a worldview where doing things “right” was synonymous with being safe and valued.

Alongside this structured life, Rebekah has always made room for joy and beauty. She is an avid reader, Mahjong fan, an enthusiastic baker (especially of cookies), and a devoted lover of Christmas — drawn to its sense of hope, ritual, and childlike wonder. She sings with the Reading Choral Society, golf, volunteers in her community, and spends as much time as possible outdoors, finding clarity and grounding in nature.

Her writing is less interested in blame than in belief: how people internalize stories about who they are allowed to be, why they stay quiet, and what finally makes silence unsustainable. While her work engages with serious subjects, her voice remains warm, witty, and deeply human, often using humor, memory, music, food, and ordinary moments to illuminate larger truths.

Now a returning student and emerging author, Rebekah writes for readers who value emotional honesty, quiet feminism, curiosity later in life, and the freedom that comes from unlearning what no longer serves. Her writing is rooted in reflection, resilience, joy, and the conviction that it is never too late to choose voice, creativity, and hope.

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