Editor Picks — Our Favourite Posts On CRY
Hello again, and welcome to another edition of Editor Picks LOL. We love doing this and we know you love seeing which pieces we choose, so without further adieu.
KernMy choice this week is an absolute gem. Samantha Peynado wrote a piece titled The Voices In My Head Want Me To Disappear and WOAH. What’s so special about this piece is that it’s actually really deep, but the way Samantha constructed her writing feels light and easy to read. Favourite excerpt:
The voice in my head tells me “I am doing too much.” So I listen.
I tell my family I need a break from school. Their response was I need to quit my job.
“School is the only option.” So I listen.
Three months into the semester the voice in my head is convincing me that I am happy.
I can do this.
With tears falling down my face and a chest full of molasses.
I am struggling to breathe.Safia
When I read “Canada-born. Trinidad-raised. How music harmonized my identities” I felt transported into Gloria Blizzard’s world as she described how starkly different her childhood was growing up in the Caribbean from her teenage years on a military base in Goose Bay, Labrador. The post is about finding home and Gloria takes us on her journey to finding what that means for her so beautifully. My favourite excerpt:
What if home is not a place, but a sound? What if the way home is following the music? What if in the simple act of listening, I have landed?[image error]
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