#Grieve

On grief: We have a vicious narrative entrenched in our culture that sharing grief means you’re asking for attention, you’re losing the essence of the person you’ve lost and replacing
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Being a PhD student during this pandemic has left me completely jaded and questioning ‘what is the point?’ and ‘is everything performative?’ Thread 1/? In the next 10 days I
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Eleven years ago this month, I lost my dad to suicide. Normally I talk about it or him. This year I let the day pass in silence because I felt
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It can be hard to comprehend the scale of mass death caused by #COVID. 183,000+ deaths and counting is more than we can comprehend. But when we see the names,
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Had a talk with a mental health counselor once upon a time who recommended poems as a way to vent, and I had to turn a poem in for my
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It’s been beautiful and healing to read your reflections and remembrances of Rachel this last week. A few thoughts on Rachel below: I’ve often marveled at how Rachel‘s death
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I know it’s happening already, but you are gonna see people leave their churches over political differences. Not even because of the pastor, but friends. Not woke enough, too woke,
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Someone has asked me in good faith what the line is between being willing to stand in the front and when it becomes harmful and here’s the deal, far as
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CONQUERING BATTLES WITH HIMA thread... We are all currently facing so many hardships in life. More often than not, thoughts like how this is the vengeance of The Lord for
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Miscarriage: Thread I first had a miscarriage in 2016. It hurt, but not so much like this recent one. Maybe because I'm older now. I don't know.... I'm not one
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“Stop protesting, bottle your anger and wait 5 months and vote” is the worst take: Firstly, voter suppression (enacted through voter ID laws, voter purges and felony disenfranchisement, which disproportionately
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As the “Easter is pagan” discourse rides once again I remind you that the entire history of Christianity is one of inculturation and adaptation to local worldviews+practices. That doesn’t undercut
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To those brokenhearted people! A Thread must read. 1. Adam needed Hawa (Eve) to enjoy living in the Garden★The need for love and intimacy is not codependency.2. Maryam’s (Mary) greatest
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one thing that bugs me out so much about the "rush" to reopen things, the actual unkind behavior shown to essential workers, folks that work in the food service industry,
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How to hold space to fully grieve the plans you've lost (a thread) 1. When the grief hits, do your best not to pretend. Take some time for this wave
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My Nana died today from #COVID19. This is me and her on my 21st birthday. She died alone in hospital and had seen none of us in 12 days. My
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