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when we have to leave a part behind. a poem & a painting

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Embracing Free Fall

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Jul 26, 2024

The crack is where the light enters

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Cancer Meditations V

Apr 21 • Louise Ireland

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What I love is how it stayed long enough for salt to take its sharpness.

Jun 11 •

They say Fenrir’s drool was called Hope.

May 28 •

I opened a chrysalis once. I wanted to see the butterfly inside.

May 21 •

How are you (after it all falls down)?

I’m about as well as one could expect given the circumstances. It's funny. Now that I’ve had a minute to digest, all my emotions have compounded into a…

May 13 •

Cancer

They say Fenrir’s drool was called Hope.

May 28 •

I opened a chrysalis once. I wanted to see the butterfly inside.

May 21 •

How are you (after it all falls down)?

I’m about as well as one could expect given the circumstances. It's funny. Now that I’ve had a minute to digest, all my emotions have compounded into a…

May 13 •

Cancer Meditations VI

Treatment ends with bell-ringing. Recovery begins in silence with the slow work of reclaiming what medicine broke. I’m standing at the edge of survival…

Apr 28 •

Cancer Meditations V

I find myself apologizing to my body for what I've put it through, then remembering we're on the same side of this war.

Apr 21 •

It takes a village

My mom’s birthday is today, and I truly have no words for how grateful I am for her.

Apr 17 •

The crack is where the light enters

I am almost done with this cycle of chemoradiation—I finished chemotherapy today and have two radiation sessions left. It feels like forever since I…

Apr 7 •

Cancer Meditations IV

On the Battlefield

Apr 1 •

Love & Life

In any given moment, the strongest dream in that moment wins

I’ve been thinking about this quote from Dave Chapelle for the last few weeks, “In your life, in any given moment, the strongest dream in that moment…

Dec 20, 2024 •

I married myself a few weeks ago. Well, if we are being technical, I am in an eternal partnership with myself, but the sentiment is the same. I chose a…

Jul 26, 2024

On friendship & couches

Because I love to analyze the world and my brain inherently thinks in systems, I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship and how to know someone - and…

Apr 17, 2024

Poetry

What I love is how it stayed long enough for salt to take its sharpness.

Jun 11 •

They say Fenrir’s drool was called Hope.

May 28 •

I opened a chrysalis once. I wanted to see the butterfly inside.

May 21 •

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