The Pain I Choose: Grief + Tattoos
Grief, in some form, is a sadly inescapable aspect of love on this earth.
Grief, in some form, is a sadly inescapable aspect of love on this earth.
I questioned my existence, thinking that if my little brother—the brightest and most loving soul I had ever known—couldn’t find happiness, then why should I?
June 27th, 2018. It’s another cloudy, yet hot summer’s day in Texas.
I did not want my life to end. I wanted life as I knew it to end.
This is both a plea and a call to action.
“We’re all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass
We hurt. We feel. We adjust. We emerge. Not without sore spots and an aching heart, but we do survive and we do heal.
DBT was the game-changer I never saw coming.
Along with the highs, I also let others see a glimpse of my lows.
I was so terrified that I would see someone I knew and they would figure out that I was there for counseling.
We must seek and find each other, lean into and onto each other, and be honest with those we feel safest around.
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