An elder man was getting out of a parking spot, he waved his hand to suggest we move aside, being raised Somali means respect your elders so, we did as he asked. All though, he had plenty of space to move his car around. As we sat in my sister’s car we both smiled at …
Category Archives: Thoughts
When impulses play
The unteachable
One would think you are choking on rocks should you say “I. am. sorry ” I wonder what brawls inside your head, do you think you will misplace your honor and downsize in grace if you apologize when you catch yourself wrong?! Even worse when you must admit to a lack of knowledge in a …
abled bodies come with unsolicited “advice”
If you haven’t laid in bed half-dressed, music in your ears, and tried to convince your body to cooperate… another cup of coffee… coffee… While your body feels like it’s crushed… All you want is to lay down but here you are pulling yourself up to take your kids out to the playground… You are …
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Spiraling cleaner
On a good pain day, I decide it’s time to deep clean my kid’s room. Once or twice a week a deep cleaning is a must. From cleaning under their beds suddenly I’m in the kitchen to put away plates then I’m in the living room to clean under the couch. Somehow it takes the …
Siblings love
To my beloved sisters and brothers, I want to remind you that wherever you go, you have a home in me. What I have it’s ours. When I’m blessed WE are blessed. If you slip and fall, tell me I know all about falling! We will get back up. No know it all no magistrate …
Fak I’m a forking spoonie
It sucks to be chronically ill. My cheerful spirit can’t keep me up during a flare-up or when the fatigue blanket puts me down. It’s the brain fog and aching limbs. Some days the pain is tolerable enough to live with days like this, I just want to lay in bed and cry. And it …
Your story matters
Write your story, tell me (us the world) about your journey. How did you get here? Tell me what made you laugh until your tummy ached, what felt like a fist twisting your chest? Tell me about how it felt to get up… Did you too crawl out of a pit? Did you too learn …
Caterpillar
Perhaps to the Caterpillar, a raindrop is like a waterfall… And waterfalls breathe
