Every feeling you kept to yourself has a poem here. She cried in the car so no one would see. She laughed at the table while carrying something heavy. She said "I'm fine" so many times she almost believed it. This book is for her. She Cried. She Laughed. No One Noticed. is a collection of 48 rhyming poems, one for each emotion a woman carries: grief, loneliness, guilt, anxiety, exhaustion, anger, jealousy, forgiveness, courage, hope, joy, and more. The poems move from the heaviest days to the lightest, and every one ends somewhere better than it began. These are poems about real life: a mother's coat still hanging behind the door, a sister you haven't spoken to in a year, a son who isn't answering his phone at ten at night, a neighbor who knocks to borrow flour and becomes a friend. Written by board-certified family physician Dr. Rabea Hadi, the collection includes nine short notes "From the Doctor's Desk," one after every five poems. They offer simple, practical ways to handle what you feel: how to name a heavy emotion, when sadness needs a doctor, how to settle a racing body, and how to find the good in an ordinary day. Inside you'll find: 48 rhyming poems in six parts: The Heavy Days, The Restless Nights, The Fire, The Tender Places, The Rising, and The Light A poem for every emotion, each ending with hope or a lesson worth keeping Nine notes from a family physician on caring for your emotional health Clean poetry easy to share with a mother, daughter, sister, or friend Read it in order, or turn straight to the feeling you have today. Keep it by your bed, or give it to the woman in your life who always says "I'm fine." Someone noticed.
