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I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."

He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."

He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago. He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"

I did.

"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."

It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.

Incorrect Warrior Nun (9/?)

It doesn’t always look like darkness Disheveled Discombobulated Sometimes it looks like dance Like joy Like syncopated rhythms Like grace Like choreography channelling Ancestor’s dreams Powerful Successful Enviable Sometimes we get so good At the act At the entertainment At wearing the mask That we can fool ourselves A little bit Long enough for the public To believe That we Have it all together That the airbrush portrait Is real The Instagram smile Is permanent The the steps aren’t automatic That happiness 24/7 isn’t toxic But the truth is Living is hard Lonely is real Grief is too heavy to hold People don’t check On the strong friends The smiling friends The dancing friends The friends who look like They are on top of the world Looks are often liars Hopelessness can grow Like weeds in the most beautiful Garden It doesn’t always look like Darkness And it’s so hard to say the words Out loud “I need help This is too much I don’t want to try anymore” Because we clap for stunning Clap for the performance And ignore those in pain It doesn’t always look like darkness Sometimes it just looks like Our reflection In the Mirror Sometimes it’s just too hard To stay in the light If life feels like it is too much to take one more step let someone hold your hand while you walk You aren’t alone You aren’t the only one I’ve had those thoughts too You are not alone I promise National Suicide prevention lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Poem by Lesle Honore.

Here are a bunch of important facts about service dogs in the United States! Many people don’t know the real laws about these amazing dogs that help disabled people every day–so please share this far and wide to spread the word. 

Remember, all our product sales help support service dog handlers and organizations. We donate 10% of profits and include educational service dog fact cards with all US shipments. I’m also a disabled artist, and the best way to empower disabled people is to financially support them! 

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Someone mentioned on Twitter how Ava is one who phases through walls.

This season Ava was able to phase through Beatrice’s walls.

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Warrior Nun (2020—)