WELCOME TO THE NEW GRACE AND MAGIC

For a few years now, I’ve struggled with a sense of incongruence with the Grace & Magic website. Probably since 2018 when I was fighting my way out of the bleakness of a breakdown, some days clawing at the air just to stay alive. It’s caused a lot of dissonance and distress because I love Grace & Magic and was afraid I was hearing the call to walk away from it.

So I got quiet about it, like really, really quiet.

I didn’t even share my dissonance with my partner or closest spoonie friends. I just got quiet and let it sit, giving my broken heart and spirit time to mend while I continued acknowledging something had to change, but what? I didn’t yet know. All I knew was Grace & Magic wouldn’t be the same place when I found my way to the other side of whatever hellscape I was slogging through.

Clearly, 2018 was more than a minute ago…

It turned out I needed time and safe space to recognize two truths about Grace & Magic and, most importantly, myself:

1. Grace & Magic, my beloved internet home since 2015, was ready to become focused, driven, and committed to serving my fellow chronic illness and disabled humans.
2. I had a lot of internalized ableism still to come to grips with about fully accepting and owning my limitations before I would be able to serve from a fully…