Kalina's Why?

Let me take you on a little journey, one that starts with a feather and ends with a flame.

It began with our great-grandmothers.

Many of our grandmothers didn’t have an education. They couldn’t write the words that needed to be said. They couldn’t publish their pain, their poetry, their power.

But they carried stories. They passed down wisdom in lullabies, in recipes, in glances across the table. They archived legacy in silence, because that’s all they were allowed.

They held quills, dipped them in ink, and wrote by candlelight. They didn’t have platforms. They had parchment. They didn’t have followers. They had faith. Every word they wrote was a prayer, a memory, a seed.

Then came the slate. Our grandmothers etched lessons with chalk, erased them with cloth, and carried wisdom in their aprons. They taught us to listen. To learn. To speak when it mattered.

Then came the typewriter. Our mothers typed letters, stitched stories, and sent their voices across oceans. And now, here we are. We hold tablets in our hands. Our grandchildren swipe, scroll, and sparkle. We post. We publish. We podcast. We’ve found our voices, and we’re not whispering anymore. Now we have the power. We have the language. We have the ceremony. We have the quill, and she’s digital, radiant, and ready.

We write what they couldn’t. We publish what they prayed would one day be spoken.

This isn’t just storytelling. It’s soul-telling. It’s legacy-telling. It’s healing the silence.

The Quill Reminds Us

Even now, I keep a digital quill on my desk. Not because I need it, but because I remember.

She reminds me how far we’ve come. I have come. From ink to interface. From silence to ceremony. From hidden journals to living archives. She reminds me that every tool we’ve ever held, slate, pen, keyboard, touchscreen, was just a vessel. The real power was always in our stories.

With digital media, we’re not just writing. We’re archiving. We’re building sanctuaries of memory for generations to come. Our blogs, websites, and magazines are modern parchments.

This is just the beginning. We’re not just publishing. We’re preserving. We’re proclaiming: “We were here. We will always be.”

Whether you write with a stylus, a keyboard, or a ceremonial quill, know this: You are part of a lineage. You are part of a movement. You are part of a legacy that shines forever.

From quill to tablet, we write boldly.

We publish with purpose.

We remember. We begin again.