Plunging From the Waves of Grief and Into the Waves of Grace

The ocean calls me. I feel its wild call every morning when I rise. The anticipation of a new sunrise
awakens my soul and my body knows that I must get near the water.

Megan FebuaryOctober 29, 2021writing, grief, healing, women writers, oceanComment

Is God a Bad Word?

God isn’t something to worship, but something to experience.

Guest UserDecember 25, 2020women writers, grief, death, spiritualityComment

Nice While It Lasted

If someone wants out, we can’t beg them to stay, even if it means a light permanently dims with their departure.

Guest UserDecember 23, 2020women writers, relationships, sex, empowerment, grief Comment

The Colors of You

No one warned me about the bone chips. I cried and cried for those pieces of you.

Guest UserDecember 4, 2020women writers, griefComment

The Challah Incident

Maybe it was the use of the word together that gave me the strength to take charge.

Guest UserOctober 14, 2020women writers, mothers, daughter, grief Comment

Too Late

I will never forget the feeling when I walked through that front door.

Guest UserOctober 7, 2020women writers, grief, family Comments

I Was Forced to Have a Hysterectomy

Six years ago in the depths of winter, I was waiting for an Uber ride outside the Mall of America in Minneapolis, fanning myself in 20-degree weather. The elderly woman next to me, looking confused, asked if I was hot. She held her jacket tightly as she looked at me strangely, as if I were an extraterrestrial.

Guest UserSeptember 28, 2020women writers, women's health, grief, menstruation Comment

Waves

Before endometriosis, I never knew what people meant when they said their stomach was “swimming.”

Guest UserSeptember 11, 2020women writers, women's health, menstruation, griefComment

Instagram: The unconventional support system for the bereaved in pregnancy loss

One major lesson I’ve learnt is that grief is processed differently by different people.

Guest UserSeptember 4, 2020women writers, grief, loss, communityComment

NILF

This first time I heard this term was almost a decade ago, at work, of all places.

Guest UserAugust 31, 2020women writers, trauma, grief, raceComment

Highway 221 South

By the sixth grade I already knew how easily light could be extinguished, even when someone was young and strong.

Guest UserAugust 21, 2020women writers, grief, mental health, traumaComment

Breath

When my mother texted to tell me that the doctors had found cancer in her lungs, I called and yelled at her.

Guest UserAugust 12, 2020covid-19, breath, breathe, cancer, mothers, community, griefComment

Lungs: The Organ of Grief and the Corona Virus

Our bodies are certainly screaming grief right now. Tell me you are listening.

Megan FebuaryMarch 29, 2020grief, lungs, corona virus, covid-19, covid, blog, writer, mental health Comments

A Soft Place to Fall

I carry my most painful and traumatic experiences in my body. The body remembers. There are still some places that are so fragile and tender that they require extra nourishment, support, and intentionality.

Megan FebuaryApril 23, 2019trauma, sexual trauma, miscarriage, grief, yoga, wellness, healing, zabie yamasaki, nonfictionComment

To Love and Let Go

I’ve always had a roar in my chest. Something loud and rumbling, just beneath the surface.

Megan FebuaryApril 22, 2019nonfiction, miscarriage, grief, loss, healingComment