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Welcome to Letters from Lakeshia
A Space for Truth-Tellers and Becoming I’ve spent most of my life searching for safe spaces—places where I didn’t have to shrink,...

Lakeshia Acoff
Jul 301 min read


💞 Private About Life, Loud About Love
I’ve always been careful about what I share. The internet has a way of turning your softest truths into public opinion, and I learned...

Lakeshia Acoff
Oct 42 min read


Prologue: All the Ways I Said Yes
I’ve been teasing pieces of this story on social media, but here’s something I haven’t shared anywhere else: the prologue. This book is...

Lakeshia Acoff
Oct 13 min read


Healing Is Ghetto AF, Friend
Look at me. This is exactly how I feel most days. 😩Confused. Tired. A little dramatic. Low-key ready to cuss somebody out. This journey...

Lakeshia Acoff
Sep 301 min read



Lakeshia Acoff
Aug 180 min read


I’m Not Done...
After completing No Sunshine , I believed I had finally released the heaviness in my chest. I thought I had shared everything. However, I...

Lakeshia Acoff
Aug 151 min read


A Piece I Wasn’t Sure I’d Share
Some words feel too vulnerable for the world—but if you're reading this, I trust you with them. This is from my upcoming book. It's the...

Lakeshia Acoff
Aug 91 min read


This summer, the world finally slowed down for me.
My wife and I pursued sunrises and let the waves uncover our secrets. We played in the sand like children who had forgotten the burdens...

Lakeshia Acoff
Aug 41 min read


The Story I Wasn't Ready to Tell -- Until Now
I’ve been quiet lately, at least on the surface.

Lakeshia Acoff
Aug 31 min read


When Writing Makes You Feel Small..
I knew writing this book would be hard. What I didn’t expect was how much it would make me feel… small. Not small in the sense of weak or...

Lakeshia Acoff
Jul 312 min read


Behind the Book: The Story I Carried
I didn’t plan on writing a book. I was just trying to survive grief. My brother died, and everything in me cracked open. At first, I...

Lakeshia Acoff
Jul 301 min read


This One Was Hard to Write...
Some stories don’t leave your body quietly. They claw their way out—loud, messy, and on their own terms. She Was 19 was one of the...

Lakeshia Acoff
Jul 302 min read
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