# @upendoestatesfarm on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DL5mbztyIlg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34531614-upendoestatesfarm-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-09T20:12:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Karee upendo (@upendoestatesfarm) — https://gondola.cc/upendoestatesfarm

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I published my first book at 13 years old
"Dassandra's story" a book about a bold black girl, with a big name that could sew but was bullied because she was raised by her grandmother & didn't have much. 🥹 I use to tell my truths through stories, art, photography, poetry & writing. "Dassandras' story" walked so "Out The Mud In Heels" could RUN 🥹

My grandmother, who was a writer and poet herself, planted that seed in me. But before she passed, there was one blessing she didn’t give me. I told her I planned to write about my truth… about my childhood. And she looked at me and said:

“Some things are better left unsaid because your truth is also someone else’s truth, and they might not be ready to go down that same journey.”

That hit deep.
But the deeper truth? Her generation of women were taught to carry the weight of silence. To keep secrets to "save face." But that same silence, those secrets....they pass down as sickness. As depression. As disconnection.

That is why I chose to speak.
To break the cycle. To tell the truth, even when it shakes the room.
And y’all have shown up for it 🥹 my God 😭

Here’s what some of you had to say after reading:

🖤 “I’m shook. I cried. I closed the book and just sat in silence. It’s raw. Real. Needed.”
🖤 “This is not just a memoir. It’s a mirror. For me. For my mama. For the little girl in me who never got to scream.”
🖤 “I feel seen. I feel brave. Thank you for going first.”

To every single person who’s read, shared, or left a review 🥹
Thank you for honoring my truth and for trusting me with yours.
We are not alone. And we are not meant to carry it all in silence.

If you haven’t joined the journey yet, you can start from Chapter 1 now. After you purchase, don’t forget to join our private readers circle. 

📚 Out the Mud in Heels👠 in my bio or  link: https://upendoestates.com/out-the-mud-in-heels
#blackfarmer #blackauthor #mompreneur

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