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Flowers in May — pt.2. Thank you for making me bloom — even… | by my dearest | Aug, 2025
A few months passed. It was May again.
Our last May. Our last meet.
I had been preparing something for the people who meant the world for me. I wrote some letters, each one attached to a small macaroon, and
Digital Grief. Yesterday, I experienced a sudden… | by Luthfiyyah Damayani | Aug, 2025
Yesterday, I experienced a sudden feeling of guilt and grief that I couldn’t explain. It’s a phenomenon of our digital era that rarely gets talked about. Losing things digitally now feels like losing
I Was Made To Be ‘The Quiet Child’ And Lost My Voice | by Words by Egypt 𓇢𓆸 | Shaped Souls | Aug, 2025
“Oh, she’s naturally quiet”.
I’d hear my mother say that often as a child.
My mother had a way of assuming what she wanted of me, was what I loved about myself.
Yet it would sting me a little
Flowers in May — pt.1. Thank you for making me bloom — even… | by my dearest | Jul, 2025
Chapter 2—Tangled
On the way home, my parents asked, “How was your day?”
“It was fun, but I’m tired now. I want to sleep,” I replied.
They simply nodded. When I arrived, I chatted with them for a while, did
How Do You Mother Yourself?
This week, I’ve been tearing through an advanced copy of Awake, an upcoming memoir by Jen Hatmaker (September 23rd) about waking up one night and hearing her husband on the phone, whispering sweet nothings to someone else. That’s page