Kaitlyn Seawood
Kaitlyn Seawood (She/Her) is a senior journalism major with a minor in social media strategies. She is a transfer trustee scholar from Northampton Community College, PA and serves as vice president of the Transfer Student Association, social media editor of The Rider News, vice president of social media for the Gail Bierenbaum Leadership Council, promotions manager for PRSSA, and works in Admissions as a Transfer Experience Coordinator. Kaitlyn can be reached at seawoodk@rider.edu for questions and inquiries.
Did you ever think of me
when you wrapped your arms around others,
clutching them close while I learned to stand alone?
You took in children who weren’t yours,
but left me searching for hands that never came.
You never held me when the world was too much,
never whispered the secrets of being soft
in a world that demands hardness.
I built my own role models,
found strength in places I didn’t expect—
and maybe, just maybe,
I became the woman you never wanted to teach me to be.
Now I stand,
stronger than you ever let me be,
learning to love what you couldn’t hold.
Maybe one day,
someone will need me like I needed you—
but I’ll be better,
more steady.
With everything I’ve become,
Your daughter.