new beginnings

January 28, 2024

• killing the word

  They say to “kill with kindness.”But why?Isn’t killing a bad thing?I get the need for alliteration.But isn’t playing with the word “kill”Playing with fire?I care about carefully connecting closely sounding consonants,
  
  But in this particular kill-focused catchphrase, I’m not. I’d like to remove the intent to bring someone to their death out of our vocabulary if that’s okay.

• injuring eternity

  “As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden
  
  People can abuse kindness. They can injure eternity. The most precious things we have in life.

• making the world better

  I had a supposed lover once tell me Verbatim to, “Kill myself and make the world a better place.”The following day I tried to escape.
  
  He held me hostage and almost killed me.
  
  I literally saw death. The portal to the other side.
  
  In the darkness, I saw them: My dad was waiting for me on my right.My mom and brother were left on my left.
  
  I couldn’t breathe. I was dying.ThenHe let go.
  
  I was free.To live.
  
  And make the world a better place.

• saving lives

  This is a true story. I’m sorry if this scares or worries you and if you’re just now learning this about me for the first time.
  
  I’m sorry for not sharing this with you and the world sooner. I’m sorry for not speaking up and out about this horrible statistic: worldwide, 1 in 3 women have experienced physical or sexual violence — mostly by an intimate partner. *
  
  That is a f-ed up and frightening math — and why I’m speaking up about this now. In hopes that my real life story will save a life or two or many more
  
  *Source > interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/infographic/violenceagainstwomen/en/index.html#intimate-3

• stupid & ashamed

  When it happened, I was ashamed. How could someone like me, be in a situation like that? I felt stupid. How could I let someone hurt me? Almost kill me?It’s unexplainable. No words.

• unstoppable

  And after all these years of healing and re-becoming the strong-willed, outspoken Megan that I am, I’m more empowered and outspoken than ever. To speak up about everything. Anything. All the time.
  
  I’m unstoppable.
  
  I’m no longer scared to speak up about it or anything at all any more. Nor should you! We live in a world where evil seeps in often. We need to speak up for the good. For good.

• sia says it

  “I'll put my armor on,Show you how strong I amI'll put my armor on,I'll show you that I am”
  
  -Sia, Unstoppable

• new beginnings

  I saw this shirt that read “New Beginnings” on the front the other day in the giveaway box. I grabbed it because it reminded me of the DV support group I attended for women called New Beginnings. I found it timely how I found this shirt just days from my 10 year DV survival anniversary.