11/19/2024
“I’m holding in there”, “doing okay”, or “oh, I’m alright” seems to be the common response these days to asking Western North Carolinians how they’re doing. And it makes freaking sense! We were absolutely pummeled by the wave of destruction that hurricane Helene brought us, and then a second big wave from the election came through right on the hurricane’s tail and wiped through our supply of light that we had just started to rebuild. Leaving us again, in a place where we’re trying to figure things out, all the while inching towards the darkness and slowness of winter.
It’s hard to feel like one can hold it all, how can you when it’s so big, but yet there’s still so much to do on a daily basis? I felt that I needed a small and tangible way to be able to check in and be present with my grief each day, to commit to mourning, and this led me to finding The Grief Deck.
I’m planning to pull a card each day and will post it to my stories. I invite you to take 60 seconds or more to feel, to move, to meditate, to draw, to journal what the day’s card brings up for you. To be present with our grief for a few minutes every day, for 30 days, together.
