The first thing thing that comes to mind when Daddy tells me she’s brain dead is Emily King’s “Every Part.” I don’t summon it, it just plays, gently like background music to my next thought: “She’s always been brain dead.” It's a reflex. I want to say it. Then I want to laugh. Because that’s ...
A Letter To My Suicidal Friend
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 ...
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