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23 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
Have you ever lost someone that you see something that reminds you of them every time? Have you ever been so close to tears no matter how hard you try to stop it from coming as you see reminders of how things used to be? I believe most of us have l...
10 Oct 2021 14 minute read 0 comments mekhiMKL
In memory of, and dedicated to Cirak Mateos Tesfazgi إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ We belong to God and to Him we shall return Rise in Power Originally Published July 2020 Initially, I had planned to present a khutbah on another to...
26 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments HamondStrabwary
Things in life have a tendency to go wrong sometimes. Dishes are dropped. People's hearts are broken. Cars breakdown. Loved ones pass away. I created a rough ball point pen and pencil outline of this piece back in 2013, the year my wife passed away....
10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Average Jo
My Mother's maiden name was Black. She died in 2011. I was 41. Within two short years, it broke me. In April 2013, after choosing to stay, Bitcoin appeared to me. I bought one for $100. Thus began a five year trek into cryptoland that was filled with...
15 Dec 2019 3 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”--Edith Wharton The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many people. When you suffer from mental illness, it can feel like a time of year particul...
10 Dec 2019 2 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
“Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted. It comes and goes on its own schedule. Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot...
28 May 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Ginae B. McDonald
Wednesday night I had a dream. It began with my family of origin, which was a mother, a father and a younger sister. Then, there was a dog, who was actually Ms. Mixie, who had passed away 3 years ago. In the dream, I didn't realize that she was no lo...
