this part

Posted on January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

stencil graffiti of a young childShe said, This is what you survived for. This is the healing part.

Oh.

I’m alive with that today, opening to it, and I leave it for you, too, for all of your parts and selves to consider –

to write into, if you want to.

This moment, even: This is what you (we) survived for.

Thank you for that.

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2 Responses to this part

  1. Renee | January 23, 2011 at 11:25 am |

    Beautiful reminder. Thank you

  2. Maisha Z. Johnson | January 21, 2011 at 9:51 am |

    Thanks for this, Jen. You say so much of what needs to be said.

    And I gave your blog a shout-out on mine today! :)