Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US, which is also, for many indigenous communities, a day of mourning. As someone who knows both grief and gratitude (especially in this time of the year) and who is working to better come alongside my indigenous siblings, as a migrant settler, I have spent the last few days holding […]
Month: November 2025
Heavenly Birthdays & Earthly Moments
Today is my mother’s 87th birthday. It’s been 31 years since we celebrated her birthday together, 30 years that she has been celebrating in heaven. Thirty birthdays (and nearly 31 years) that, I believe, she continues to watch over and guide me, standing behind me like she is in the picture above, through all of […]
Checking In
I don’t remember why I took the picture above, but I did, some time in the last month, at a moment when I look happy and it looks sunny. The picture tells me that it hadn’t quite turned fully fall, or at least, the leaves hadn’t fallen completely down and it wasn’t before daylight’s savings […]