Am I OK? Subjective.

If you follow me on any other social media or know me personally, then you already know I’ve been grieving. The loss of my best friend Donavan Thorne… literally trying to exist AD right now.

You get it? … Life AD… After Donavan.

Somebody let the universe know that I don’t need more loss and grief to continue my work around loss and grief, I get it… I don’t need more examples.

The day of Donavan’s funeral, my good friend Yaseen passed away. I didn’t know it at the time and wouldn’t find out for a couple of weeks. I had been thinking how I would reach out to him soon. Didn’t get a chance.

Coping with that.

All the while, it’s my senior year at Virginia State University. Thankfully, I had the foresight to make this semester a lot easier for me.

I’m also going through a separation. Yup, the dude and I are getting a divorce. Please, reserve your gasps and shocked face.

Which also comes with grieving the loss of my family home and some of the life plans I had made. I also am trying to figure out how to tell a 5 year old why his mommy and daddy will be living in two different houses.

I didn’t even tell him about Donavan’s death until the day of the funeral. And I feel bad about that because I remember being a kid really hating the way people around me handled death. I did the exact thing to my kid that I didn’t want done to me. I’m glad he’s 5 so when it happens again, I’ll know better.

There are pending blogs that will be posted soon. I’ve been spending most of my time on TikTok so head over there if you’d like to see what I’m doing. Here

It’s now a fact that I’m dealing with depression, but I’m also finding joy!

Between the Petersburg Book Festival last weekend and the upcoming James River Writers festival next weekend, I’m getting my feel of being around creative, artistic people. Joy sparked!

I’m also finishing up my next book, currently titled Own You Back. I can’t wait till you can have it in your hands. I’m also republishing my previous works as well so I look forward to you getting a copy of that.

This was just a check in. A little.. Hey, I’m alive. Pray for me!

And as a thank you for getting this far… enjoy my joy!

@pgartistry804

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