I was set on maintaining my single-independent womanhood until marriage. For my partner, the challenge to persuade me to move in with him was a trial, he gladly accepted.

How incredibly dark the fire my body felt was, examined by you, in panic. A mentally removed moment in spiritual dissolve of what we used to be—transporting us into “soon-to-be”, unfamiliar beings of rage.

Through the lived experience and writings of "Blood and Rubies", Jasmine hopes to validate and humanize the life-altering experience of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).