I know I want a better, meaningful life, but how can I get there when the hurt of the present is so strong?
Resolute, but no resolutions
Playing a waiting game
Suffering and endurance demands a lot of us, but the move towards a more creative stance of reimagining the future is tough to navigate
No more heroes
What is required of us emotionally, morally, ethically, if we are going to be part of building something new?
A new phase of the dance
I don’t feel the same loneliness I felt before I met Mark – because this is a different stage in the dance…
Remembering the Syracuse slump
Questions about the future, what we want to build and create can render us powerless and ineffective, unsure about what to do…
Respecting the past
I often find it necessary to argue against some imagined suggestion that any happiness I might have in the future would somehow ‘cancel out’ the pain and anguish of losing Mark
Can Detroit deliver social justice?
It was great to come across great cafes and restaurants and enjoy the vibrancy of Detroit’s art projects and social enterprises, but the question of how everyone can benefit from its revival remains…
Reimagining the future
What is important to me?
What kind of life do I want to build?
In short, what will the future look like?
Rising from the ashes
Perhaps it’s out of the conversation between devastation and loss and the desire to rebuild and focus on the future that we create a new space to live in