InILLUMINATIONbyAmanda Cox-Mayberry·Sep 24Here’s what people don’t understand: the burden we’ve carried is beyond crushing.It’s what others cannot fucking allow themselves to accept, even while watching it happen: they are vampires. They want to suck the life…
InILLUMINATIONbyAmanda Cox-Mayberry·Sep 24I need you to know you can heal. If you hear and receive nothing else, let it be this.I kept thinking it was me, and it is; just not the way we’ve come to understand it.
Amanda Cox-Mayberry·Sep 23Becoming Human: One Minute“This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.”
InILLUMINATIONbyAmanda Cox-Mayberry·Sep 20After a lifetime of immaturity, being reckless with others in my search for truth, and becoming so…Shortly after this, I was told, “You’re light is so bright the world notices when you’re out of alignment.”
Amanda Cox-Mayberry·Sep 16Abuse, neglect, traumas of all natures can take a toll on our identities, self-esteem, and self…
Amanda Cox-Mayberry·Jun 23Welcome Back: A Love Note on Moving ForwardAround my neck lay two necklaces I never remove: a cross honoring my faith and Native heritage, the other, a quote I have long leaned into…
Amanda Cox-Mayberry·Mar 29Scapegoat FootnoteMy story isn’t pleasant, it’s not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and…