​Artwork: the seven M's of Mallory. I drew what I remember the front entry of our new home in 1986... this home has warmth and brightness beaming from the windows. I'm not allowed in the house. I'm in the garage. I colored the bricks always brave because I had to be brave when I didn't need to be punished. The seven M's of Mallory are the words that help inspire me to pick my new name. The first week of January when I was suicidal, those are the seven words I felt when I was riding my emotions, remembering the feelings, the pain and sadness that the little girl who was always in survival mode, first because of the cruelty of sibling who was tormenting the girl, then the neglect and verbal abuse from parents, then from trusting relatives who selfish needs or desires unleashed indescribably psychological damage, then from toxic relationships..... Those words are so sad but for the little girl who's in the garage, who's always brave, they make a collection of beautiful French vocabulary, creative ways for her to say wallflower or elephant, it's also sad reminder to always be truthful, and those words gave inspiration for a beautiful new name that singsongs so magically. So I can forget when he(/they) said my given/birth name.