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March, reflections. Reminders.
Some of you might already know, I’ve recently spent some time moving through a kind of pain I’ve never quite known before. A pain I’d previously brushed against, tasted without quite having the tongue for it. This time it was not as peripheral. I am well and truly rearranged.

Toward the mouth of the lion I was thrust, and into it I walked.

At its heaviest, being awake was unbearable. But in the breaking, a strange clarity begins to arise.

I am not afraid of pain.

This pain is not my enemy. It is not something to be rushed toward or away from. It strips away illusions, exposes the bones of old or false truths, and demands that we sit still long enough to actually notice.

Sure, it is proof of injury, but also, of connection. And, as ever, to feel deeply, even when it scalds, is evidence that we are, in fact, Alive. Here. 

I wish I had something profound to offer anyone reading this, but I don’t. I only have small reflections that, however cliché may sound, are real to me. 

Though the feelings might be real, the conclusions aren’t always. Stay with it. Accept it. Be patient. And know when to move. For when everything seems to be coming apart, something else, something precious, is taking shape in the ruins.
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Happy Mother’s Day to the most beautiful woman in my life, my mama @sahibamark 
I’m so grateful for everything you have given me and the generosity you show me ever my day.

And happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers in my life and in the world, and to anyone who has been like a mother to someone else. 

You are superheroes.
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Today is my most beautiful mother @sahibamark ā€˜s birthday. Without saying how young she is exactly, she grew up with Motown, is celebrating a milestone year and looks years younger than her drivers license says she is.
I am profoundly grateful for her love, her nurturing, her generosity, and all of the perspective she has given me in my life. I can’t wait to be able to celebrate with her in person at the end of tour. Love you always, mama. Please live forever!
#loveyourmother #happybirthdaymom
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