Your life matters.

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Dammit.

DAMMIT!!

Today, ALL day, it has been on my heart to let folks hear, see and KNOW that their lives matter. Matter to me. Just could not stop posting today. I did not want to save the words for tomorrow. I told myself that someone needed those words, my words, these words, TODAY.

Life has been hard for all of us these past years. Yet, for some, life has been unbearably hard for too long. Some, too damned many, have not been able to hold on, to hold out, to keep hoping, to keep on keeping on.

I rushed off of work so that I could go back and read some dearly missed WordPress fam/friends. Sadly, one of those dear/sweet WordPress friends could no longer keep going:

dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/vancouver-bc/ashley-peterson-10985838##

Ashley, beloved, you will be missed. So very much. I shall miss your telling me that my life also matters. I will miss the way you explained Mental Health issues in ways that I could understand. I will miss your updates. I will miss your humor. I will miss YOU. Period.

Dammit!

Ashley, I promise I shall continue to shout into the void, for folks who are not yet able to chair dance. I shall dance for them. I shall dance, in your memory. I shall dance, in hopes that these words, my words, will reach someone long enough for them to continue to hang on.

I miss you already, Ashley. I can not imagine how your family must be feeling at this time.

Your life matters, beloveds. Keep going. Reach out for support if you are in need of it. Don’t give up on you. Not yet. Not yet.

lost for words,

Cassandra

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