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📖 My Diary
This is where I put the things I can’t always post on Instagram. The quiet realizations. The late-night thoughts. The feelings that come with growth, change, and protecting your peace. Some of it’s about love. Some of it’s about me.


Regular and STILL Winning 🏆
Let me say this in the simplest way possible. I am not famous. I am not an heiress. I am not a celebrity’s daughter. I do not have a rich boyfriend. I do not have a famous baby father. I have never been on television. I am a regular woman who did well. And that bothers people. Yall out here looking for a secret trust fund I must have or some dramatic backstory to explain my lifestyle because if I’m just "regular," then you have to admit we started at the same place and that h
Candy Cruz
May 53 min read


I miss my dad 🥹
I lost my dad in 2020 during Covid. This is a real story about grief, complicated love, faith, and how losing him shaped the woman I am today.
Candy Cruz
Feb 165 min read


The Girl Done Made It Out The Hood ✨
There was a time when I went out of my way to make sure everyone liked me. Not because I needed validation, but because I wanted people to see I was cool. I didn’t want to be the pretty girl who thought she was better. I wanted to be the one who could hang with anybody. The chill one. The funny one. The down to earth one. So I said yes to things that didn’t deserve a yes. I kept people around who didn’t deserve access. I let disrespect slide just to prove I wasn’t stuck up. I
Candy Cruz
Oct 30, 20253 min read


Why Peace and Security Will Always Be My Real Flex 💫
I was just watching that documentary about Kim Kardashian and the night she was robbed in Paris. First of all, I’m so thankful she survived that. Seriously. Listening to her talk about what happened had me emotional AF. You could feel how real that fear was. That wasn’t just a celebrity story. That was a woman who thought she was about to die. It really made me stop and think about how important safety is, especially as someone who shares her life online. I’ve already been mo
Candy Cruz
Oct 24, 20252 min read
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