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The Anniversary I Finally Told the Truth
A marriage built on a lie. A wedding performed for the audience. What happens when the truth finally has somewhere to land.
Mar 10
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Alisa Sieber
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What Am I Supposed to Do?
A journal entry written at thirteen, reproduced exactly as it was. The first time she wrote his name like a question she didn't know she'd spend…
Mar 5
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Alisa Sieber
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Honor Courage and Commitment
At 18, a $150,000 scholarship felt like destiny. Twenty years later, I understand it was escape. A journal entry, unedited, and the truth it took…
Mar 1
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Alisa Sieber
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A Love Letter to the Boy Who Broke Me
The moment I could see the cycle clearly and still chose to step back inside it.
Feb 19
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Alisa Sieber
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The Loop Begins Here
A journal at fifteen, on repetition, self-editing, and the moment love started to feel like adjustment.
Feb 18
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Alisa Sieber
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Here Lies the Evidence
A story of first love, abandonment, and how tying self-worth to being chosen shaped everything that followed.
Feb 15
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Alisa Sieber
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Moving Them to Tears
This is the original story I wrote as a teenager, shared without edits. What lives between the lines took decades to understand. A meditation on…
Jan 24
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Alisa Sieber
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This Is Not Where the Story Starts
An origin story about survival, performance, motherhood, and memory. A memoir-in-progress tracing how truth, trauma, and identity collide.
Jan 5
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Alisa Sieber
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The First Heartbreak
A poem I wrote when I was 15
Jan 4
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Alisa Sieber
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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
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Alisa Sieber
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Christmas. A Love Hate Relationship. Part 1.
A childhood moment shattered Christmas for me. This essay traces innocence lost, generational trauma, and how motherhood forced me to rebuild meaning…
Dec 29, 2025
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Alisa Sieber
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I Was in Hell While Living a Fairytale
Over flat wine from France, I could finally be honest with my husband about the fairytale life I'd been performing. About the castle where I felt…
Nov 1, 2025
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Alisa Sieber
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