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Making a case for beauty in times of horror
We need to feel our aliveness to keep from going numb.
Mar 17
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Naila Francis
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February 2024
At the edge of lost and found
A poem and prompts for grief-tending
Feb 25
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Naila Francis
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Grief is meant to re-arrange us
What are the new forms and layers you're being called to inhabit?
Feb 6
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Naila Francis
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January 2024
Oh, Love, be here to stay
Entering new landscapes of grief in a new year
Jan 4
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Naila Francis
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December 2023
The softest touch
A poem for fresh starts in grief
Dec 7, 2023
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Naila Francis
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November 2023
Meeting grief in the swirl of gratitude
There's room for both at the table.
Nov 22, 2023
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Naila Francis
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October 2023
Hard times call for more softness
How to find support and connection when the world breaks your heart.
Oct 17, 2023
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Naila Francis
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September 2023
There is no winning at grief
Its demands don't align with a culture high on achievement and triumph.
Sep 21, 2023
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Naila Francis
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Dancing with Death
A love poem and a cornucopia of fall grief offerings
Sep 4, 2023
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Naila Francis
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August 2023
Are you grieving true to you?
Judging our process as right or wrong can be a disservice to our grief.
Aug 15, 2023
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Naila Francis
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July 2023
A posy of poem's on my dad's 74th birthday
BIRTHDAY AUBADE Morning blares begin here: waiting page, bank of calls, what wants the mind’s hard shapes. Grief sneaks in where the body remembers…
Jul 26, 2023
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Naila Francis
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In praise of beauty in times of peril
Engaging wonder and gratitude can be salve for our eco-grief.
Jul 14, 2023
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