Jamie Anderson/Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

semester starts next week.

- look at their handwriting

- read their favourite book and search for pieces of them within the pages

- listen to their music and let it resonate with you

- go to their favourite place

- stay up ‘till 3am and let them spill their heart out to you

- ask them unusual questions that you never even thought would intrigue you

- spend a day with them doing nothing

- look out for the things they subconsciously do when they’re happy

- use their body wash when you shower at the persons place (truly, you’ll feel it)

- make art with them, sitting in the silence just drawing or painting, or having deep conversations while making art, both realllyyy connect them

- spent time with their pets (but not too much because they might be jealous) - notice how they squeeze the toothpaste bottle.

- let them tell you their dreams and ask if you can look it up for them, share the results.

THE COLUMBUS MENTAL HOSPITAL, TICO CEMETERY

This is one of the cemeteries where the state of Ohio buried the residents of the mental hospital whose families either didn’t claim them or were too poor to afford to do it themselves. The gravestones are all the same size and shape, and most are simply a name with a birth and death date.

The most striking feature is that there are 2 gravestones marked “SPECIMEN.” What that could possibly entail is horrifying.