Beautiful Anyway
Musings on the messy work of being human and the courage it takes to come home to yourself.
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He Didn’t Fall in Love With the Sick Girl (opens the original)
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The Loneliness Nobody Can Love You Out Of (opens the original)
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The Things I Would’ve Missed (opens the original)
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Content warning: This essay discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. Please take care of yourself while reading.September is National Suicide Prevention Month and this week in particular is Suicide Prevention Week. This is something that is very near to my heart because of the way my life has been touched by suicide. Beautiful Anyway is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class="s
Guest Post: How I Made a Beautiful Life While Mostly Lying Down (opens the original)
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Hi, friends. I have a guest post for you today that I’m pretty excited to share. Over the course of the past year or so of being on Substack, I’ve found some writers whose words I just adore. Moss and Matchsticks is one of them. So I asked if she would be interested in writing a guest post for Beautiful Anyway. This post is one I think you’re really going to want to read. Especially if you’re chronically ill or disabled, healing from grief and loss, or just a human dealing with all the hard stuf
For Honey (opens the original)
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