Dear friend, Suicide is crazy. And I say that with all the rights, privileges, and diagnoses required for use of the word “crazy.” Suicide. Is. crazy. I’ve been crazy. I shut my eyes on that highway. I contemplated those pills. I traipsed the tactile paving near an oncoming train and dared ...
Why I’m Moving Out
There’s no peace here. I’m writing amidst breaking glass and gunshots. There’s a helicopter severing the air and a man just unleashed a guttural scream. More shots are ringing out and I think my ears just witnessed a murder. It’s all on TV, but it infiltrates my peace nonetheless. I ...
12 Ways to Stay Alive On Your 25th Birthday
They warned us as we ended our mission trip. They told us to prepare for outrage and attack from the enemy after we did a good thing for The Lord. They left out the fact that the devil takes no days off. Not even for your birthday. So it was sort of a shock when I woke up on the 16th of ...
6 Things I’m Only Comfortable Admitting With #NotCrazyButHuman [GIVEAWAY]
Next Wednesday Yetti’s Certified 10 is making the mental health space for women of color a little more comfortable by inviting you to tweet (or Instagram, or Facebook) about your insecurities, flaws, or mental health battle. It’s going down July 5th & 6th. More details AND a #NotCrazyButHuman ...
Let’s Make This A Thing
I was inspired by reading my dead aunt's journal and not recognizing the woman behind the words. It was written in her hand, and used her tone of voice, but her version of events threw me for a loop. So many of her entries were imbued with pain; I swore I knew a happier woman. Thumbing through ...
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