Grief Integration

Grief Integration

Landing home.

From Oaxaca to Portland

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Alyssa Rose
Nov 10, 2025
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I landed back in Portland Thursday night — the air cool and damp, the streets shrouded in gold and crimson leaves. The familiar mist spread across the green horizon. The pile of wood near the fire I tend. The goats bleating their greetings from the barn, a new face among them, our visiting buck, Rafi. I am dreaming of baby goats in the warming sun of ne…

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