Giving Up the Facade

Here Lies the Evidence

A story of first love, abandonment, and how tying self-worth to being chosen shaped everything that followed.

Feb 15 • Alisa Sieber

For the person who became the home they needed before they knew what it would cost them.

Feb 9 • Alisa Sieber

Christmas. A Love Hate Relationship. Part 2.

A decade of holidays spent performing, surviving, and holding it together. Motherhood, marriage, and the quiet unraveling no one saw.

Jan 1 • Alisa Sieber

The Water at Fly Ranch

I learned my body knew how to surface. I didn't know yet that floating alone was only half the work.

Oct 9, 2025 • Alisa Sieber

I Did Something Bad

A visceral autofiction prologue about the American Dream, desire, self-betrayal, and the moment before everything finally breaks open.

Aug 5, 2021 • Alisa Sieber

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