{"product_id":"phoenix-rising-9798256060923","title":"Phoenix Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003eI chose the name \u003cstrong\u003ePhoenix Rising\u003c\/strong\u003e because it tells the truth about who I am and what I've lived through. A \u003cstrong\u003ephoenix\u003c\/strong\u003e is the only creature in mythology that doesn't just survive destruction - it resurrects from it. It rises from ashes that were never supposed to hold life again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's my story. That's my becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI also identify deeply with \u003cstrong\u003ePhoenix from X-Men\u003c\/strong\u003e. Before she ever transformed, she was already powerful - gifted, chosen, carrying something inside her that the world couldn't always understand. But after she sacrificed herself in the most devastating way to save the people she loved, she didn't return as the same version of herself. She came back as \u003cstrong\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/strong\u003e: all power, all purpose, all unstoppable force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat resonates with me because I know what it feels like to die in ways people can't see. I know what it means to lose everything, to burn down to nothing, and still rise again - not weaker, not smaller, but transformed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy return wasn't a comeback. It was an evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhoenix Rising is the name that honors that truth. It is the declaration that I didn't just survive - I ascended. It is the reminder that my power didn't come from what broke me, but from who I became after the breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is my rising. My fire. My return. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy proof that ashes are not the end - they are the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tattoos Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256060923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d","brand":"Baby Girl Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241210699957,"sku":"9798256060923","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/phoenix-rising-9798256060923","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}