Sticks & Stones: A Guide to Healing from Hurtful Words
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. We were taught a rhyme as children: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. We were taught a rhyme as children: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. It began with a lie so small it barely seemed worth noticing. Someone asked me if I had ever read…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. Compassion in the Quiet Hours Compassion often appears in the quietest moments: a nurse's hand on yours, a cup…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. There's a voicemail on my phone from three years ago that I've kept like some digital self-harm device. It's…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. My Surrender in Reykjavík: An Incomplete Adventure I was excited to have booked the Lava Tunnel tour in Reykjavík…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. There is a scene in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind where Clementine's hair dye stains a pillowcase, and…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. Where the Land Runs Out of Words The sand was burning through my sandals when I reached Thalaimannar, that…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The Reunion That Broke Me The DJ was playing that Drake song about God having plans when I walked…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. Philip Glass was playing "Metamorphosis" in the bookstore when I witnessed a man cry over a blank notebook. He'd…
Reading Time: 8 mins # This post may contain affiliate links. The Song That Made Me Drop Everything “You got a fast car—I want a ticket to anywhere.”Tracy Chapman's "Fast…