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Guiding a child through grief: 594 days without Indy.

It has been 594 days, and we still miss you, Indy. One year and seven months ago, our beloved family member, Indy, passed away suddenly from a ruptured spleen. I am in my forties. I have been through grief before. I still move through waves from losses that wreck me

Three Years of Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers

I meant to write this on Human Rights Defenders Day (9 December), but I am just coming out of a week-long fever and catching up with life. And still, I think it makes sense that I am writing this now, a few days later, because so much of the work

☁️ The In-Between: Where We Remember the Light

The other day, as we were walking home, I pointed out the clouds to my daughter. Strato-cumulus, I said, and over there, Cumulonimbus - such a great name to say out loud. She laughed and told me I should become a meteorologist because I was so excited to name the

Belonging as Sacred Struggle

What does it mean to belong? Even pigeons show us: gathering around their fallen kin in an act of return. As bell hooks wrote, “Only through discussion and disagreement could we begin to find a realistic standpoint.” Belonging is forged in struggle, refusal, and love.

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Guiding a child through grief: 594 days without Indy.

Three Years of Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers

☁️ The In-Between: Where We Remember the Light

Belonging as Sacred Struggle