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“Between us, grief was like the sun and joy the moon. My mother preferred looking at the moon, especially at its fullest. The sun would burn the eyes. Yet, like the sun, grief was there in our morning sky whether we looked at it or not.”
— Jun 23, 2026 05:38PM
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“It was one of those times that made you wonder what the difference was between a dream and a prayer. I knew that no matter what I said, something was coming undone.”
“For people like me, arriving has always also meant departing. And because we cannot be in two places at one time, there is always something we are leaving behind. There is always some degree of grief.”
— Jun 26, 2026 02:12PM
“For people like me, arriving has always also meant departing. And because we cannot be in two places at one time, there is always something we are leaving behind. There is always some degree of grief.”
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Jun 23, 2026 05:39PM
"Grief that is hers, that is mine, that is ours; that is historical and collective. Grief that has shaped our relationship and our very personhood, just as joy has. And the more we fervently attempt to avert our eyes and exile the grief, to banish our histories and the selves we once were to the skies, the further we drift away from each other."
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