Terese Marie Mailhot

Heart Berries

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  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    My words lay still like shadows on the page, but they are better than nothing
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    I remember that motherhood is mostly bearing shame to dress my children, to feed them, and to spare them the things I wasn’t spared.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    My mother’s looming spirit guides me some days, telling me that nothing is too ugly for this world. I am not too ugly for this world.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    I don’t think I can forgive myself for my compassion.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    It was then I realized I was partly my father. I hurt you because I felt justified. You deserve a body without violation.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    I can hear my aunt’s voice, telling me that if my security depends on a man’s words or action, I’ve lost sight of my power.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    She taught me that I didn’t own things. I really liked the idea of possession. We don’t own our mothers. We don’t own our bodies or our land—maybe I’m unsure. We become the land when we are buried in it. Our grandmothers have been uprooted and shelved in boxes, placed on slabs of plastic, or packed neatly in rooms, or turned into artifact—all after proper burials. Indians aren’t always allowed to rest in peace. I want to be buried in a bone garden with my ancestors someday. I’d like to belong to that.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    me. I think self-esteem is a white invention to further separate one person from another. It asks people to assess their values and implies people have worth. It seems like identity capitalism.
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    I think self-esteem is a white invention to
  • Fer Silvahas quoted6 years ago
    In white culture, forgiveness is synonymous with letting go. In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony. Pain is not framed like a problem with a solution.
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