waking up to life

"but then, as the minutes drifted by, I realized that I had been through too much to have this be my end."

That's one of my kenyon college classmates, sherry wherry, in her piece, "waking up to life" that she wrote originally in July for National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.

with Sherry's blessing, I'm sharing her piece with you; sherry's willingness to tell her story so honestly via her LinkedIn newsletter took deep-in-the gut courage that is so unique, so powerful. i read a lot - and i don't read pieces like this often. when we, as writers and thinkers, are able to do that, we shift the tectonic plates - for ourselves and others.

there's a trigger warning and resources at the top of her post, so please be mindful.

read sherry’s piece here.