THIS

THIS

By Joanne Kirves

I feel that this is right for me! Oh, this feels so good. It’s hard to describe it, but I’ll try.

This is connection.

This is warmth.

This caring and understanding, laughter and tears, it’s all of it and so much more.

It’s feeling so natural, how I was meant to be in the midst of who I was meant to be with.

It’s a coming home.

Coming home to a family I didn’t know of before I found this!

Here we are in the same space, so different and yet we come from the same place, in a matter of speaking. We aren’t blood siblings, but they feel like my sisters.

My big sisters, my little sisters, my sisters.

There’s no definition by age, but what happens in the moment. Each sister is all of the above, big and little.

It depends on the moment, who shows up.

And make no mistake – They Show Up!

This is beautiful, powerful, safe and fun!

This is where I am supposed to be.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joanne has a BFA in Photography & Ceramics and an MA in Arts Administration. She spent three years as an artist before turning to arts administration for 20 years. In 2020 she returned to clay. Art has been vital in her healing journey from CSA.

Find out more about her on Instagram@ JoanneKirves

I found my voice in clay!“

Joanne Kirves

Joanne Kirves