Lorraine

“Perhaps most damaging, it includes a toxic individualism that creates barriers to deep connection and intimacy. When we are oriented toward doing it ourselves and getting ours, we cut ourselves off from the kinds of relationships that can only be built when we allow ourselves to be open and generous.”
― Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

“the only threats Stacy had with which to entertain herself were the ones she could think up on her own.”
― Scott Smith, The Ruins

“Don’t be afraid to love openly. Don’t be afraid to love. If you love somebody, just go for it. Make that family. You don’t need to have the right words or the right lexicon or anything like that. Don’t be afraid to go towards that love.”
― Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

“Freedom was the idea that together we can ensure that we all have the things we need—love, food, shelter, safety.”
― Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community