On the Path with Kissiah Young
Welcome to On The Path!
In this space we explore some of the most tender and painful aspects of life, which happens to also be some of the most meaningful. We explore death and dying, grief and loss, and how we hold all of this. This is a space of vulnerability and healing, of repair and reconciliation. We grow here.
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On the Path with Kissiah Young
Grief: Sometimes We Need to Weep (Part 3 of 5)
"Whenever I leave this world, whether it’s sixty years from now, I wouldn’t want anyone to say I lost some battle. I’ll be a winner that day." – Andrea Gibson, Poet
Andrea Gibson won on July 14, 2025.
The day that Andrea Gibson died, I had an unrelated deep cry. I cried for the love that went missing when I was a child, a sadness that was so deep I didn't recognize it; for years it wore the face of anger. Sometimes our grief is hidden behind the anger we wear - a layer of protection from a time long since gone.
I, too, won on the day Andrea Gibson died. I won my ability to access myself and hold the deepest of my weeping. Join me as I share.
A deep bow,
~Kissiah
