Obituary By Wanda Coleman

“Making love was never about you and me in a bed. We made love whenever we held hands.”

— Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

“It’s rare to meet someone with a mind just as beautiful as their face.”

— Unknown

“I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength.”

— Alexandra Elle

𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.

"The truth is, I need help but I can't imagine who I'd be if I was happy?"

NF - Happy

"... you will go home and then you will find that home is not home anymore. Then you will really be in trouble. As long as you stay here, you can always think: One day I will go home."

— James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

Clarice Lispector, from “That’s Where I’m Going”, Soulstorm: Stories (tr. Alexis Levitin)

“When you love someone you protect them from the pain, you don’t become the cause of it.”

— Unknown