Amber Theurer

I feel less burdened when I approach this grief as love, ready to burst apart within me.

No matter how many times I scolded the dark thoughts inside my head, they made the return stronger, more awesome, more glorious, and I had to learn to atone for my sins ever since a mere candy-licking, taciturn little human petulance.

I can hold you in my arms and rock you to sleep. domestic work is grounding; it roots you back to source, back to body, back to ancestors. to employ others to do it is a disconnect.

burnout isn’t about doing too much—it’s about doing the wrong things.