Ellie Hoovs
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Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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A Butterfly Formed in the Desert
I patched up the holes on my body like the holes in the walls; a little concealer for spackle, a little sparkle in my eyeshadow since my eyes had none. But there was nothing that could patch up the shattered pieces of my heart. Those broken shards stabbed at my mind and my body creating an echo of pain that ricocheted within the chasm that had become me. That void made from loneliness and hopelessness mixed with fear and loathing - loathing of him, of my life, what it had become, and loathing of myself. If that chasm had a smell it would be that of a body in decay. I was decayed.
By Ellie Hoovs10 months ago in Psyche
Stay In Your Lane
I read a post this morning from one of those girl's girl motivational Facebook pages that randomly showed up in my feed - you know the ones. They post an image of a girl doing something like twirling on a beach with a huge smile or walking down a road with her arms outstretched like she's a southwest airplane ready to take off. These pages share tidbits of one size fits all advice to inspire women in a neat little package that often sounds good but lacks context, substance, and wiggle room. It's an all or nothing world view of what I often feel is toxic positivity. This morning's post was no different.
By Ellie Hoovs10 months ago in Motivation
