Jesse Fairchild, LCPC

07/24/2025

Something that takes many of us by surprise is the deep, unexpected grief that can come from missing a version of life that no longer exists. I’m not talking about missing a place, but a time. Like a chapter of your life that felt safe, full, or meaningful in ways you didn’t fully recognize until it was gone. Ceased to exist. It’s that kind of homesickness-grief where we are longing for a feeling, a moment, or even a younger version of ourself that we can no longer have access to because the moment doesn’t exist anymore. That version of us doesn’t exist anymore. And damn, that’s a tough feeling to be present with.

07/20/2025

“Every time I think I am healed, another wound whispers beneath my skin, another memory rises like smoke from the ashes of old versions of me, but maybe healing is not a destination, maybe it is the brave act of walking through your own ruins and still planting flowers.”

✍️ R.M. Drake
🎨credit to the artist via Pinterest

07/20/2025

07/20/2025

In the stillness of this struggle,
I feel the weight of what I’ve lost,
and I honor the ache it leaves behind.

I won’t rush it, deny it, or silence it,
this pain is real.
But so is my strength.

I may be hurting,
but I am growing.

Each day I rise, I grow.
In every moment I choose to keep going,
through the tears,
through the doubt,
I grow.

I may not be who I was before,
but I am becoming someone
deeper,
wiser,
stronger.

My roots are stretching beneath the surface,
unseen but steady.
I am healing in ways I can’t yet explain.

This chapter may be heavy,
but it is not the end.

I am not just surviving,
I am growing through it,
slowly,
gently,
with grace.

~ 'Growing Through It'' by Spirit of a Hippie

~ Art 'Blooming Grace' by Elara Monet

07/19/2025

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07/19/2025

"While we might feel small, separate, and all alone, our people have never been more tightly tethered. The question’s not if we will weather this unknown, but how we will weather the unknown together." –Amanda Gorman

📷: Norbert Velescu

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