This piece hits deep—there’s something raw and powerful about the way apology, loss, and emotional weight are woven together. The ‘everyone keeps dying’ theme carries such a heavy, almost inevitable truth, and the ‘emotional mammies putting in their notice’ line is both heartbreaking and profound. It really makes you reflect on life’s fleeting nature. Speaking of reflection, I came across this and found it meaningful: https://surahkahf.com/.
This was SUCH a beautiful, generous, honest letter. Selfishly, I am so happy to have you back, no matter how long that back is.
"we have never had the privilege to tap out and deal with just the things that have happened. And sometimes, somewhere between that and being gaslit into believing you do not matter, we are just out here juggling threats to our lives, deep betrayal, art careers, global wars like … nothing."
Girl yes. Also the section about the daughter and the granddaughter made me cry as a white woman stared me directly in my face. Shameful. Thank you! I'm sorry again to hear about all that you've been holding and moving through, sweet friend.
:) thank you for always reading my work; it means a lot!
Yeah, their visit shook my spirit. And I am sorry I made you cry! But it meant a lot that I could make my home available to them. I need to check on the daughter upstairs next week.
And no need to apologize for what I am holding. I feel enormously grateful and humbled to be able to find words, and solace, and joy even in the middle of all of this.
This piece hits deep—there’s something raw and powerful about the way apology, loss, and emotional weight are woven together. The ‘everyone keeps dying’ theme carries such a heavy, almost inevitable truth, and the ‘emotional mammies putting in their notice’ line is both heartbreaking and profound. It really makes you reflect on life’s fleeting nature. Speaking of reflection, I came across this and found it meaningful: https://surahkahf.com/.
This was SUCH a beautiful, generous, honest letter. Selfishly, I am so happy to have you back, no matter how long that back is.
"we have never had the privilege to tap out and deal with just the things that have happened. And sometimes, somewhere between that and being gaslit into believing you do not matter, we are just out here juggling threats to our lives, deep betrayal, art careers, global wars like … nothing."
Girl yes. Also the section about the daughter and the granddaughter made me cry as a white woman stared me directly in my face. Shameful. Thank you! I'm sorry again to hear about all that you've been holding and moving through, sweet friend.
:) thank you for always reading my work; it means a lot!
Yeah, their visit shook my spirit. And I am sorry I made you cry! But it meant a lot that I could make my home available to them. I need to check on the daughter upstairs next week.
And no need to apologize for what I am holding. I feel enormously grateful and humbled to be able to find words, and solace, and joy even in the middle of all of this.