I saw these sweet feet with the “take care” ink.
It made me think. Without much thought, we recite it like a robot. Rote, it’s more like “buh-bye” or “See ya.”
Seeing the tattoo, I read the letters and learned something new:
Take as in receive; take care from others.
Take care of others; Take care to others.
Both directions have equal value.
For purposes of this post, I want to share how I want to take care to others.
I found that I have a grief niche.
So, I’m creating an online grief community. I’m building on my current social media channels and adding a couple of new ones. I’ve listed them all, but I beseech you (who uses that word nowadays? I do. Here. And I’m sorry, not sorry.) to follow me on them. If you must pick and choose (also, who says “pick and choose”? Isn’t that redundant?), these are the 5 key grief ones:
I also created a Substack account a while back and have done nothing with it yet because I’m lazy and overwhelmed (I haven’t really figured out the platform yet), but I wouldn’t hate it if you followed me there, too. We can figure it out together.
This feels like a big, vulnerable ask. Not everyone loves social media, and I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with it, too. I do think it can be a great tool for both giving and receiving care. And I’d like to take your sweet feet there.
No pressure to follow me on anything, but if you do, it will really help my algorithm and blues.
I love you with all of my aorta.
Pamela Capone, IDK
The others…