Tag: grief
‘An act of self-love’: Real Talk Series focuses on Demystifying Grief
“Grief looks different for everyone — your relationship with grief does not have to look like someone else’s.” Along with coming in with an open...
Opinion: ‘You and me got a whole lot of history’
It was December 2015. My sisters and I gathered on our olive green couch, anxiously waiting for a performance we had anticipated for months. One...
Opinion: Grief that belongs, reflections on mourning the unknown
I woke up Oct. 7 thinking about nothing in particular. It was a Monday and I wasn’t ready to start the week, but the...
Opinion: Where will Nǎinai go?
“Nǎinai* is gone! I am taking care of some funeral arrangements.” The text from my dad announcing his mother’s death casually popped up on my...
Opinion: The dangers and wonders of “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
In Season 2, Episode 5 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty," two teenagers almost kiss to Frank Ocean’s “Nikes,” a song that touches on police brutality against...
Lessons Learned: How to hold on when you want to let...
Nobody wants to go to college with their older brother. No younger sibling wants to continue enduring the constant comparisons to him, risk running...