We Can Do Hard Things Ep 279
I’ve had moments where I felt strong, like lightning in my bones—like when I testified against my abusive ex and saw him go to jail. When I was running drills in fire school, sweaty and focused and too stubborn to quit. Even when it didn’t end the way I wanted, I knew I was becoming something.
Now, I’m in the in-between. I live with my parents
... See moreI will have a world I hand to my children and say, “look what we made for you. Look what we kept for you.” My daughter will be so proud of me that she will put this world I have made for her on our fridge. This is the cry on my person every morning when I brace myself for the grief and I peel myself out of bed; I am on my knees and I say “Lord God... See more
Ismatu Gwendolyn • 19| a manifesto: dear internet friends, I’m burning alive.
A piece for all hard times - Rebecca Solnit
... See moreThey want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve