Meg Alberda > Recent Status Updates

"I remember everything so much I am being crushed under the weight of it all. If I weren't so horribly defined by everything I've ever loved and lost, maybe I could be the kind of person who moved through life easily. I'm only eighteen, but I'm beginning to understand what my mother meant when she said, Remembering is heavy. It lasts so long."

So. Much. Power.

Crazy to go from "creatures made in God's image we may be, but sin renders us absurd even to ourselves" and "we are so often less than what we wish we were" to "we should never, as people who love the gospel, say, "That's just the way it is.""

"The fun of grace is to watch someone fall from it."

Brutal

"But these days...she didn't know what she needed. What she wanted. If she felt like admitting it, she actually didn't have the faintest clue who the hell she was anymore. All she knew was that whatever and whoever climbed out of the abyss of despair and grief would not be the same person who had plummeted in. And maybe that was a good thing."

You can't just boil down my life experiences in a casual paragraph, that's just rude 🫣

"If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it specializes in managing feelings of fear and abandonment."

Oof

Oh boy