My grief felt like a parasite - both part of and exclusive to myself, growing bigger and bigger as my uncle’s situation got worse. I was visibly unraveling, but I kept the reason why to myself. I didn’t know how to talk about it.
Losing people is hard. (Understatement of the year and yet it's only January!) I've lost a handful of important people in the entire course of my twenty-something years, each one a different level of heartbreak. I think a piece of you goes with them wherever they go. Or maybe that piece dies. Either way, you … Continue reading 1/10/2020
I called it a “social cleanse” back in college. I uninstalled all social media applications, including messaging apps. Granted, I left out Skype (so my then-girlfriend could reach me) and other apps that allowed me to anonymously scream into the void (i.e. Tumblr, Reddit). But that was it, I told myself, that was all I needed.
Ebb & Flow 