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Press Play:
Channeling Joy and Finding Color Through Static and Rainbows

💌 A Letter of Grief and Love to My Mother, My Hero, My Best Friend, Sandra Cummings

Inside The Pages

In the quiet moments after loss, we look for signs.
We reach for memories.
We hold onto the sound of their voice.
And when we are ready, or even when we’re not,

we press play again.

Press Play is a poetic memoir and guided journey through grief, written in the wake of losing my mother, my best friend, my first home,

my forever love.

Told in vivid scenes and soft storytelling, this book is not about moving on.
It is about learning how to move with the love we carry.
Through static and silence.
Through rainbows and remembrance.
Through laughter in empty rooms and healing in unexpected ways.

I want the book!

✨ This Book Is For You If:

You’re Holding Heavy Grief

You’ve lost someone and don’t know where to put the pain.

You’ve lost someone and don’t know where to put the pain. You wake up carrying something invisible, but somehow it still feels too big to hold alone. This book offers you space to lay it down, one page at a time.

You’re Afraid to Smile Again

You want to remember them without the weight of guilt.

Joy starts to peek through the clouds, but you question whether you’re allowed to feel it. This book reminds you that love and laughter can still live together.

You’ve Asked for a Sign

You’ve ever whispered,

“Are you still with me?”

Whether it’s a song on the radio, a flicker of light, or the way the air shifts in a room—this book meets you in the places where signs show up, even softly.

You’re Functioning, But You’re Not Fine

You’re doing all the things, but it still hurts underneath.

From the outside, it may look like you’ve got it together, but inside, the ache is constant. This book meets you in that quiet in-between space where survival and sorrow live side by side.

In the press

🕊️ From the Author

I didn’t write this book to teach you how to grieve.
I wrote it to say... me too.
To hand you something soft to hold when the memories feel too heavy.
To remind you that you’re not alone in the ache, or the hope.

And along the way, I’ll introduce you to my hero, my mother, Sandra Cummings.
The woman who shaped me, saved me, and still walks with me in every word of this story.

Maybe, just maybe, one page at a time…
you’ll remember how to press play again.

With Love,

Yaminah Cummings

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