Friends and Family

Disclaimer: this post is a mish-mash of feelings.

There are times that we take our lives day by day. Now seems to be one of those times for me.

My grand-puppy, my daughter’s dog, Raffi, left her body a couple of days ago and I am leaning on friends and family to support me and in turn help me to support my daughter. We loved this dog, Raffi.

I was on a call with my grandmother group today and we spoke about the fact that so many of us these days don’t have a village, good neighbors, supportive family to help hold us when the world is exploding or expanding around us.

I am grateful that I have certain people who, when I say, “I’ll stop talking about it now” or “I’m sorry for taking so much time about me”, “my grief is only a small thing when compared to what else is going on”, or any of the other statements of this nature, they say, we are here, we are listening, you deserve to be heard even if you are not in the “best” place.

I am so grateful for this. It wasn’t always this way. There were times in the past when I felt very alone even when people were right there.

Please help me to be a person who knows that her work is not an isolation but a part of something whole. Let the give and take of magnificence, compassion and support be real (along with universal health care of course).

So, I invite this kind of return.

This may seem off subject but I just completed a 12 week course with Dr. Rosales on decolonial shadow work for folks in white bodies, and it feels like to me as if this return to relying on each other and our interconnection is an important part of the decolonial work. I am a baby and this is a really long topic which I won’t expand on here but I have put Dra. Rocio’s link below if you are interested or curious.

https://www.drrosalesmeza.com/decolonial-shadow-work-waitlist

Thank you for listening, I really just wanted to give a tribute to Raffi and Jesse, they deserve so much love. I guess we all do.

With love, Laura