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Terese Marie Mailhot

Heart Berries

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  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    My words lay still like shadows on the page, but they are better than nothing
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    I remember that motherhood is mostly bearing shame to dress my children, to feed them, and to spare them the things I wasn’t spared.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    My mother’s looming spirit guides me some days, telling me that nothing is too ugly for this world. I am not too ugly for this world.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    I don’t think I can forgive myself for my compassion.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    It was then I realized I was partly my father. I hurt you because I felt justified. You deserve a body without violation.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    I can hear my aunt’s voice, telling me that if my security depends on a man’s words or action, I’ve lost sight of my power.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    She taught me that I didn’t own things. I really liked the idea of possession. We don’t own our mothers. We don’t own our bodies or our land—maybe I’m unsure. We become the land when we are buried in it. Our grandmothers have been uprooted and shelved in boxes, placed on slabs of plastic, or packed neatly in rooms, or turned into artifact—all after proper burials. Indians aren’t always allowed to rest in peace. I want to be buried in a bone garden with my ancestors someday. I’d like to belong to that.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    me. I think self-esteem is a white invention to further separate one person from another. It asks people to assess their values and implies people have worth. It seems like identity capitalism.
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    I think self-esteem is a white invention to
  • Fer Silvaje citiralaпре 5 година
    In white culture, forgiveness is synonymous with letting go. In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony. Pain is not framed like a problem with a solution.
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