Things Falling Apart Archives

Why Black Lives Matter

July 8, 2016June 14, 2022 Jessica McKimmieGrieving, Sudden Loss, Things Falling Apart

The next time someone says ‘all lives matter,’ show them these 5 paragraphs — By Kevin Roose from http://fusion.net/story/170591/the-next-time-someone-says-all-lives-matter-show-them-these-5-paragraphs/ — This week, high-profile police killings of two black men—Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile, who was killed […]

Be Crumbled, Be Changed

September 25, 2013May 7, 2019 Jessica McKimmieFinding Peace, Grieving, Inspiration, Things Falling Apart

Inside each of us there’s a continual autumn. Our leaves fall and are blown out over the water, a crow sits in the blackened limbs and talks about what’s gone. There’s a necessary dying, and then we are reborn breathing […]