I could only lead you so far
Do you know what it feels like to be believed in? Have you experienced the incredible fortune of knowing that you matter?
Author: Nix Kelley
Co-parent to multiple kids. Writer. Death doula. Member of the Order of the Good Death. Seeker on the Path of Light. Queer, non-binary, & trans.
apocalypse of the self
This is a reckoning that has needed to happen ever since the first harm was done. This is a chance to do it better this time.
on apocalypses
And we keep waking up every day, doing stuff, maybe doing more stuff, looking for the things that might comfort us, asking the world for meaning, and then we li...
hoping our way into the future
Try to remember what hope feels like. Try to believe that hope matters, even while the future is uncertain.
a deathworker’s statement on Queen Elizabeth II’s passing
On this day, I acknowledge the grief of many while acknowledging the celebration by others. Such is the dichotomy that death presents to us, I suppose.
on Chosen Family/on Co-Parenting/on Generational Trauma/on Harm & Reciprocity/on Neurodivergence/on Praxis
adventures in a chosen family
We do our best to balance the needs of the many against the needs of the few (or the one) — thank you Leonard Nimoy — and this means that sometimes, saying no w...