Devon J Hall BudSistas, MentalHealth, Message from Little, My Sisters Keeper

Follow the Fog

"How are you doing?" She asks me, a friend I've barely scratched the surface of knowing. The first one to ask how I'm doing in months, and to give me the space to talk about how I'm feeling. "Honestly I'm scared, things are starting to come together, and I'm afraid I'm still on the edge … Continue reading Follow the Fog

Devon J Hall Abuse, addiction, advice, featured, Therapy, trauma, Trigger Warning

When Survivors Speak Out…Abusers Attack: Trigger Warning, “Yes, This Shit Really Happened to Me,”

Recently a former friend of mine tried to say that they wrote Uncomfortable, that it was their book, and at first I was super pissed until I realized something. When I read "Becoming," by Michelle Obama, I realized that the stories that she was telling in this book were SO relateable that I honestly started … Continue reading When Survivors Speak Out…Abusers Attack: Trigger Warning, “Yes, This Shit Really Happened to Me,”

Devon J Hall Abuse, addiction, advice, friendship, Herstory, Women, Women in Cannibus

I’m Scared To Move On To The Next Step

This post is dedicated to my Budsistas, my friends Jen, Anya, and Wendy, and to all the people who have allowed me to be a mess the last four years as I figure out where I am on my healing journey. Yesterday I got into a conversation about "what about me ism", and I confessed … Continue reading I’m Scared To Move On To The Next Step

Devon J Hall Herstory, Letter to my Future Children, Letters, MentalHealth, Women, Women in Cannibus, Written while Stoned

One Day I Am Going To Be The Mother Of Daughters and Sons, Who Will Believe They Can Do Anything. They Can Be Anyone.

"God smiled on Kamala Harris the day she was born," was my first thought as I watched her take the oath of office, my second thought was "why didn't God smile on me". There are people in this world who are just born to suffer - whatever the reasons, whatever their karma, their lives are … Continue reading One Day I Am Going To Be The Mother Of Daughters and Sons, Who Will Believe They Can Do Anything. They Can Be Anyone.

Devon J Hall BellLetsTalk, Women, Written while Stoned

She’s Not Competition, She’s Proof It Can Be Done

I have a few favorite quotes, if you've been reading this blog my number 1 favorite quote is from Joss Whedon's Angel, where Angel says "The world is harsh and cruel, that's why there's us. Champions. We live as if the world were what it should be, to show it what it can be." The … Continue reading She’s Not Competition, She’s Proof It Can Be Done