i do not suffer… on standing up and speaking out

RE:pairing, poetryayreÁnna RossNovember 25, 2023suffering, stand up, speaking up, speak out, ceasefireComment

all hallow’s eve

my heart is breaking open again, at the great harms we humans can cause each other.

RE:pairing, poetryayreÁnna RossNovember 15, 2023war, heartbreak, violence, retaliation, forgiveness, Courage, eye for an eyeComment

some thoughts on a matriarch

personal musingsayreÁnna RossMay 15, 2023matriarch, family, masculine, feminine, leadership, changeComment

remembering my mom, Wendy Lou Alford (1940 - 2001)

in the wee hours of the morning 22 years ago today, the Ides of March, my mom left her tired body. after seven years of a rollercoaster ride of hope and despair, and lingering for a month in hospital as she waited for a liver transplant which never came, she took one last look at those of us gathered around her bed and quietly slipped away. she was the same age as i am now.

personal musingsayreÁnna RossMarch 15, 2023mom, grief, remembering, memories, healing, forgiveness, honoringComment

snowy morning

i couldn’t help it, laughing and weeping in the same breath as it fell like pieces of soft sweets from the sky.

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 27, 2023poetry, snowComment

befriending darkness

sometimes, still, I fear the darkness.

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 24, 2023poetry, darknessComment

a conversation with the trees

i was walking in a majestic oak and pine forest

poetryayreÁnna RossFebruary 10, 2023earth, trees, listening, presenceComment

saying goodbye to Buster

our dear, sweet cat Buster sighed out his final exhale Monday morning. it was one of the most beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking experiences of my life - right in there with the passing of some of my dearest humans. it brings to mind the phrase which came to me earlier this year - glorious sorrow.

personal musings, poetryayreÁnna RossDecember 11, 2022Buster, cats, loved ones, Death, loveComment

on supporting queer friends and family… leaning into inconvenience

i’ve been thinking a lot about how i see people respond to friends and family who are making the shift from default binary gender labels, language and expression to less “easily-defined” ones. i have several friends and family members who are on this journey, and it’s not necessarily easy to shift out of a really sticky, cement-like binary paradigm.

personal musings, RE:pairingayreÁnna RossOctober 26, 2022queer, outside the box, rethinking, stretching, honoring, questionComment

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