Chalaina is made of grief

Reader. Writer. Lover of music and whimsy and words.
(she/her)

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@SketchesbyBoze Libraries are awesome! I love my local library!

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@iconawrites I still look up words I don't know; but I used to do that all the time when I was a kid because I read so many books written in the 18th & 19th centuries.

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@bellabee13 Thank you for saying this.

I grieved the loss of my grandpa while he was alive thanks to Alzheimer's, while I was his caregiver and after. He only just passed this summer, but I've been grieving him bit by bit for 10 years now.

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@vittorioangelon I love watching conductors!! And I loved playing with conductors like this!! It made performing more fun.

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@JessPected @ask_aubry When I got to "brick" my brain automatically went to Edgar Allen Poe and Cask of the Amontillado.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

The best thing we can do for kids is give them early exposure to reading. Books are a refuge in the chaos & confusion of adolescence. Books cultivate interiority and imagination. They take us at our most awkward and self-hating and say, “You’re not the first person to feel this.”

[Steve Gantlett @CleyBirds]

Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@TheAmberPicota Kids!!! Happy birthday!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

whenever a man says “childless women contribute nothing to society,” the ghost of the famously unmarried Jane Austen rises and says, “you are such a disagreeable man that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by you.”

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@johnnarae That shouldn't surprise me, not after all of the things in that episode. Sigh.

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@thatteenagejew It was a lot of waiting in between things. And a lot of information all at once when I got information. And so many decisions.
And I still had to do all my "normal" stuff on top of having cancer.
It sucked.
Cancer sucks.
💙💙💙

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@thatteenagejew I didn't realize that either. There was the mammogram. Then waiting for the biopsy.
Waiting for the results.
Doing labs and waiting for those results.
Consult with my surgeon.
Eventually surgery after deciding on treatment.
Then recovery.
Then radiation.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“And if there’s anything that bothers me, it’s one person demeaning another. That really makes me mad!”

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Abuse is always fruit borne by the abuser. It is never caused by the victim. All victims, children, or adult, need understanding and protection, not blame.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Thy tyme ys unquantifiable and ys for beautye, not use.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Public higher educacioun ys a common goode and sholde be free to all. Everyone sholde be able to pursue their intellectual vocations and career dreames, to fynde the learninge thei seek wythout the burden of debt. Educacioun ys a foundation for a free societye. Fund higher ed.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Nobody will remember:
-To check park websites for current info
-To wear appropriate footwear
-To not feed wild animals

People will remember:
-That time you warned against pushing slower friends down to escape a bear.

Even if the friendship has run its course.

[Jane Austen First Drafts @Austen1stDrafts]

nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked

people will remember:
- your dance skills
- your delicate compliments
- how fortunate you've been as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh

[Chalaina is made of grief @chalainakroll]

@TheAmberPicota 💙💙💙 right there with you. Having to be strong all the time just sucks. And panic attacks suck.
Deep breaths. Use your other senses. Count things. Ground yourself.
You are here. You are loved. You are not alone. 💙💙💙

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Thy tyme ys unquantifiable and ys for beautye, not use.