A little darkness
Grief Survival Techniques Shannon ONeill Grief Survival Techniques Shannon ONeill

A little darkness

And now, because an extremely terrible most unlucky thing happened to me that elephant will always be in the room. I’m okay with the elephant, I’d gladly talk about the elephant all day and all night (its name is Daryl). But I know it’s hard for other people, and I think it’s because there is an even bigger elephant in the room which is that we are all going to die one day, and how do you talk about that without feeling like a real mood killer?

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Motherless Daughter
Losing a Mother Shannon ONeill Losing a Mother Shannon ONeill

Motherless Daughter

She has felt so close to me the last couple of weeks, as the moon moved to fullness and the photos of galaxies from we have never seen before were revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Some of the photos looked like distant party lights to me, beckoning us to dream, to go further, to wonder at what might be out there.

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