Courtney Baxter Bentley

Preoccupied w/ the human condition.

[Sandra Abrevaya @sabrevaya]

Thank you @NPR for letting me speak my caregiver truth - that when I didn't have external caregiving support it was "imprisonment" and "hellish" and when we finally got external help, it racked up to $300k plus/yr, no coverage. #CaregiversCryForHelp

https://t.co/BS2DGzQNCm

[Kate Bowler @KatecBowler]

a blessing for the life you didn't choose

Blessed are you when the shock subsides,
when vaguely, you see a line appear that divides before and after.

You didn’t draw it, and can barely even make it out.
But as surely as minutes add up to hours and days,
here you are,
forced into a story you never would have written.

Blessed are you in the tender place of wonder and dread,
Wondering how to be whole when dreams have disappeared and part of you with them,
where mastery, control, determination, bootstrapping, and grit,
are consigned to the realm of before (where most of the world lives),
in the fever dream that promises infinite choices, unlimited progress, best life now.

Blessed are we in the after, loudly shouting: is there anybody here?
We hear the echo, the shuffle of feet, the murmur of others
asking the same question, together in the knowledge
that we are far beyond what we know.

Show us a glimmer of possibility in this new constraint,
that small truths will be given back to us.
We are held.
We are safe.
We are loved.
We are loved.
We are loved.

And best of all: We are not alone.

[Years Progress @YearsProgress]

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[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

..of making a decision every day, that you’re still gonna put one foot in front of the other, that you’re still going to get up in the morning. And you’re still going to struggle, that that was what I took away from it."
https://t.co/NmmGyrtXGv

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

I hate how the new twitter has basically shielded me from the tweets from @prisonculture. But I was reminded this morning of her words: Hope is a discipline. "It’s less about “how you feel,” and more about the practice... (1/2)

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@austinkleon Have you read The Swimmers?

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

Not unbelievable! This country is a MESS. Thank you @MomsDemand for your tireless work.

[Leonidas Platanias, MD @LeonidasPlatan1]

Unbelievable but true.

[maya cade @mayascade]

john coltrane at the guggenheim. nyc, 1960. photo by william claxton.

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

May we find strength & solace in our new selves; compassion for our partners, and self-compassion most of all. I see you. #LongCovidAwarenessDay 2/2.

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

Amplifying #LongCovidAwarenessDay. Writing for the partners and spouses of those suffering, as we bear witness to indescribable destruction. Destruction of their old selves, our old selves, and belief in systems you've been told your whole life are there to help. 1/2

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@LaurenEMorrill @jduffyrice Seconding this. There are a lot of pickleball communities for 50s+. It’s also incredibly fun/community oriented for any age.

[Jessica Lessin @Jessicalessin]

For @wsj to say flat out that SVB could have failed because they added non-white men to their board shows how far behind the times (and certifiably stupid) this publication really is. It makes me so angry and very sad. WSJ readers and staff deserve better.

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

Once again I have been on hold for 85+ minutes today. Unreal. @WEXIncNews

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@WEXIncNews on hold for 50+ minutes after collected $ from my bank 10 days early - what’s the deal?

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@bsw5020 god bless you @bsw5020 and @sabrevaya

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@kdwalker 😂

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Keenan Anderson—a 31-year-old high school teacher & father—stopped LA police for help after an accident. They instead cuffed him, pinned him, & tased him repeatedly as he begged them to stop.

Keenan died of cardiac arrest from excessive tasing.

His crime—asking police for help.

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@iAryeh 🙏🏽 Thank you!! 🌲

[Courtney Baxter Bentley @cbaxter27]

@iAryeh do you have a favorite 3 mile loop within any of the parks? I want to take a long weekend saunter.

[Dust-to-Digital @dusttodigital]

Remembering Elizabeth Cotten, born on this day in 1893 in North Carolina. Here she is performing “Washington Blues” in 1965.