Tag: friendship

• Perspective

  As the pandemic restrictions lift I find myself spending long, beautiful Saturdays with loved ones, connecting through elbows bumps and cautious hugs. Through conversations with friends, I’m reminded that I’m defined by my closeness to God who lives within me. My love for myself is my spirituality and connection to Her. My ability to seek…

  Vivian Gietz

  October 2, 2020

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  anxiety, catholicism, christianity, covid-19, depression, faithfully lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, mental health, pandemic, queer christianity, social distancing, survival

• Energy

  As it does every year, the recently passed winter weighed me down, and the immediate shift into the pandemic tested my strength more than I ever expected. Many winter days, I found it difficult to keep myself strong and optimistic. I longed daily for the joy Vancouver summers bring, until the potential for that summer…

  Vivian Gietz

  May 7, 2020

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  anxiety, christianity, covid-19, depression, faithfully lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, mental health, pandemic, social distancing, women

• Sustainability

  This fall, it’s been hard to stop habits I know are bad for me, even after telling myself I will. I buy flowers and light scented candles for my kitchen, put on new clothes, but the mistakes I make and doubts I have repeat themselves. I’m looping the same anxieties in my head as last…

  Vivian Gietz

  November 26, 2019

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  activism, anxiety, autumn, christian, christianity, depression, friendship, lgbtq, mental health, mental illness, millenials, queer christianity, relationships, resistance, survival, sustainability, sustainable, vancouver, womanhood, women, writer, writing

• Navigation

  This winter, living has felt heavy and lonely. The rain strikes me as it did a year ago, when I was unemployed, the feelings even more open than they were then. The year passed has not been quite so forgiving in recent months. The world is very large, the world is above my pay grade,…

  Vivian Gietz

  March 13, 2019

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  burnout culture, christianity, faithfully lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, millenials, poetry, relationships, survival, vancouver, writer, writers, writing