#holding space

[mymidwestheart]

[vintage-tigre]

[zelphafrost]

We don't deserve this man, but boy do we need him. 💜

[unwelcome-ozian]

[feather-storm]

Never look back...

For the line prompt "Between jagged mountain edges, I hold space for you" 6/24

[loveandthepsyche]

There's something so beautiful about being heard. It leaves people with the experience that they matter and that they're valued. 

I really do believe that listening is the highest form of loving.

~ Terces Engelhart

[dreamtigress]

So, aside from election and American dystopia stress, we also got some not great news about my father-in-law's health yesterday. It was not surprising news persay, but it was definitely of the worst case variety. My Husbeast and I had a grand old cry about all of our various stresses yesterday evening.

Here's one of the good things about our poly circle, though. We have an amazing support system because of it. I reached out to Husbeast's partners, our packmate, and my boyfriend with the news of my father-in-law. Everyone offered their support in their own ways, and I am *so* thankful to have these amazing people in our lives.

And tonight, my Mijnheer granted me a date night that let me set aside those stresses for a blessed few hours. It was the rest my brain needed to be able to pick back up the threads of my resolve, and start to stitch them back together again. He also joked around easily with the Husbeast when they interacted, which was also sorely needed.

Love like this is something I never want to take for granted. And love like this is one of the things I will hold onto fiercely, fight for, and try to keep in my heart throughout whatever is to come.

[gramarobin]

[clarkkantagain]

ryan pfluger holding space,2021

[thesafecafe]

Holding space / safe space for Desi Atiny, if anyone would like to vent, talk, rant, or just need a distraction from the situation rn, my asks and dm's are open! I am here to listen and talk if needed

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

I think one of the kindest things you can do for people with various mental health struggles is just... let people back into your life after they've been absent for a while.

Making friends as an adult is so fucking hard already and isolating yourself from other people is a very common symptom of depression, anxiety, burnout, ocd, trauma, grief, etc. Which means that someone will do the hard work of recovery/healing and resurface back into a world where their previous friends have written them off because they stopped showing up.

So if you know someone where you're like "yeah we could have been better friends but they fell off the map a bit" and that person suddenly reaches out, or starts showing up to events even though you kind of forgot they were still in the group chat... well they may have been Going Through It and you don't actually have to punish them for their absence you can just be glad that they're back.

[unwelcome-ozian]

[iscariotapologist]

today in church one of the priests referred to trans people as "those who are growing into the gender they were called to be" and i'm kind of enjoying the idea of like....divinely ordained top surgery

[auntieashleydark]

Oh sweet suffering fuck, this!

[emopenuhura]

solace

I needed somewhere to talk before it was too late for me. So much of my life I live in silence. So much of my feelings, I repress. I just know I can’t keep it in any longer, but there’s nobody I can talk to in my life. They just don’t understand. They don’t want to understand. I tried to express myself tonight and somehow ended up being called selfish because I feel bad as if my motions made me selfish. I don’t know. Maybe that’s true. I suddenly feel like a burden whenever I think about trying to reach out about feeling. So having that confirmed for me. I’m always that person with an ear out for someone having a bad day without judgment. Just holding space. I guess tumblr is just gonna have to be that for me.