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Salt and Redemption
I didn’t start this site to be a voice.
I started it because for too long, I had none.
My name isn’t the headline.
The scars are.
I was fifteen when the shoreline stopped being safe.
Exploited. Silenced. Branded by men who lived double lives
and taught me mine was only worth what could be taken.
I carried that lie for decades—
dressed it up in survival,
numbed it in shame,
wore it like skin.
This site was born the moment I stopped running from that story
and started telling it—not for pity, but for presence.
Salt and Redemption is where I write what I never thought I could say.
Where I lay down the masks, the polished narratives, and the spiritual makeup.
You won’t find easy answers here.
What you’ll find is a cracked vessel still pouring light.
A man still healing.
A man unashamed to tell the truth—even the ugly parts.
This is for the silenced.
The exploited.
The ones who think they’ve gone too far.
You haven’t.
There’s grace here.
There’s restoration.
If any part of this cracked vessel speaks to your own,
come walk with me through the journal.
It’s raw. It’s messy. But it’s honest.
This is how healing speaks.
Still rising,
Patrick Longton
Founder, Salt and Redemption
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