I wrote a friend, first thing, this morning about the troubles in their family:
For these last years, so much of what I’ve felt and seen in the world seems to be about the lifeshaping power of unhealed hurt.
It feels like it’s everywhere, sometimes. It pervades lives. I sense it in mine more and more.
Then I read ‘The Broken Ring’. You’ve done the work of healing, Chris, and you’ve helped to heal me. The poet. Audre Lord said she’d written about her cancer experience, the suffering she’d lived through, in order to ‘share it for use’. You’ve made a gift of what you’ve gone through. And I thank you and congratulate you for it.
I’ve seen Chris’s work upfront and in my face. She was kind enough to give me a ride to our writing class. I love her story but mostly the way she writes it.
Stunning. A gorgeous reminder that going about “the business of living” requires not only bravery and grit, but vulnerability and compassion.
well said ❤️
Thank you for this acutely perceptive comment.
I wrote a friend, first thing, this morning about the troubles in their family:
For these last years, so much of what I’ve felt and seen in the world seems to be about the lifeshaping power of unhealed hurt.
It feels like it’s everywhere, sometimes. It pervades lives. I sense it in mine more and more.
Then I read ‘The Broken Ring’. You’ve done the work of healing, Chris, and you’ve helped to heal me. The poet. Audre Lord said she’d written about her cancer experience, the suffering she’d lived through, in order to ‘share it for use’. You’ve made a gift of what you’ve gone through. And I thank you and congratulate you for it.
Rusty
What a heartbreaking, powerful story. Thank you for sharing this.
It really is 💓
Thank you for reading.
What a gripping story. Thanks!!
Thank you for reading
Agree! Thank you for reading 💗
I’ve seen Chris’s work upfront and in my face. She was kind enough to give me a ride to our writing class. I love her story but mostly the way she writes it.
It’s amazing that some objects can hold so much and make the ephemeral solid.
Wrenching and beautiful. Thank you for finding my work so I could find yours.
Thank you!
I love that this part of the story features writing about an artifact and all the things-memory and emotion-connected.