I remember this one, and it feels just as relevant now as it did last year. Thank you for sharing it again, and for caring for yourself by choosing to rest. 🧡
Friend. I don't even know where to begin. Throughout the whole post - including your brilliantly curated emojis, images and quotes - I felt my heart thudding in deep recognition of many things that have often been unnamed. But also, with new information, leading to new awareness and grief, of things that I was fed years ago that were racist and I didn't see it. Ugh. It's heavy. It's necessary. And I'm so so with you in the friggin' delight of knowing disenfranchised grief exists. This revisit to 2024 and the addition of your present words feel like gentle and fitting companions for this seasonal shift. I'm so grateful for you.
So glad to know you found it resonant, but also gentle. It is hard stuff, to be sure. Paradoxically, it requires us to soften in order to make space for it, then in return, it softens and we can move forward. When we harden our resolve not to let it in, it calcifies and multiplies. Thanks for these generous reflections, friend. Gratitude right back at you. 🩵🤍💙
I remember this one, and it feels just as relevant now as it did last year. Thank you for sharing it again, and for caring for yourself by choosing to rest. 🧡
Thanks so much, A. You're a good role model in that way! 💜
Friend. I don't even know where to begin. Throughout the whole post - including your brilliantly curated emojis, images and quotes - I felt my heart thudding in deep recognition of many things that have often been unnamed. But also, with new information, leading to new awareness and grief, of things that I was fed years ago that were racist and I didn't see it. Ugh. It's heavy. It's necessary. And I'm so so with you in the friggin' delight of knowing disenfranchised grief exists. This revisit to 2024 and the addition of your present words feel like gentle and fitting companions for this seasonal shift. I'm so grateful for you.
So glad to know you found it resonant, but also gentle. It is hard stuff, to be sure. Paradoxically, it requires us to soften in order to make space for it, then in return, it softens and we can move forward. When we harden our resolve not to let it in, it calcifies and multiplies. Thanks for these generous reflections, friend. Gratitude right back at you. 🩵🤍💙
You have a keen eye (or inner recognition of) paradoxes, my friend. I love the transference of softening here...