Rachel Wright > Recent Status Updates

“… in the religious preachings of my white captors I am a victim of the Curse of Ham. …but I will not let this condition define me… My interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning, then life can have meaning, then I can have meaning.”

“Every sorrow we’ve grieved, every fear we’ve felt, every trauma and all the pain we’ve lived through — it’s all valid and it all matters. More significantly, the hard things that cracked us open have the potential to create space for deeper joy and resilience… because our ability to hold the full experience of our humanity increases.”