Meet Andrea

Welcome to my blog! I’m Andrea, 29 years old, Italian, dog mom to little Dobby, and a big nerd.

I have always loved blogging. After losing my job, I started this blog in 2025 as a place to share my writing, my thoughts, my passions, and my journey through life.

A little bit about my life

I was born in a small town near the beautiful, eternal city of Rome. I liked the greener scenery and clearer, fragrant air, but I always felt a restlessness to leave, like it was a bit too small for me.

I had a terrible childhood. I’ve always been better with written words than spoken ones, and when I was little I was very lonely and completely shut inside myself. I spent all my time with my nose buried in a book, and I was a peculiar child, as didn’t speak at all: instead I used to draw. Any emotion or feeling that I felt or I wanted to express, I did it by drawing it. It was my way of communicating with the world.

At the age of 12 I discovered manga (Naruto and Death Note were my first ones!) and fanfiction. I was obsessed.

Then, when I was 14 I opened my first blog, and after years of careful plotting, I started writing my very first story. It was a Naruto fanfiction that will always hold a special place in my heart, and here’s something crazy: I wrote to the last detail the exact story of how, 7 years before I met him and 12 before we got together, I would encounter and fall for the future love of my life.

Throughout all this, I was a victim of CSA, emotional abuse and utter neglect by my family. It led me to develop C-PTSD and left a deep wound on my mental health, with which I often struggle to this day. However, I stay hopeful that recovery and peace are possible for me too, and I’m doing my best to get there.

I often feel like I drew my first real breath at 21. That’s when I finally started earning enough to realize my lifelong dream to learn martial arts. I chose a gym in another city to practice, far and away from my family. That’s when I finally tasted freedom. I felt alive for the first time, and I discovered what it meant to feel safe in my own body. That’s also where I met the beautiful man that is now my partner.

For years I worked as a waitress, saving up to move out and study. I was almost there in 2020, but when Covid hit I lost my job, and it halted my life for a year.