Alana Krushen
Chinese Food
Somewhere between the heart-warming & wrenching I find myself overcome with 12 hours of emotion. This isnât unusual for me, a trigger...
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Alana Krushen
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Reality
In light of our recent reality, our fear turns to action, and we are left to navigate days of uncertainty.
Alana Krushen
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Starting over. Again.
Iâve worked hard over a short lifetime to love myself, as we all must. Starting over more times than I can count...
Alana Krushen
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Mother I Hardly Knew
|| Rebar Iâm here. Not because you asked me to be. But because of the way you told me about it. You said: âIt was my motherâs favouriteâ...
Alana Krushen
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
Candy Man
I just cried leaving the grocery store. And not because of high prices on imported food, or because Iâm having a bad week & they didnât...
Alana Krushen
- Oct 19, 2018
- 2 min
Hello & Goodbye
Working from home looks a lot like sweatpants and unkempt appearance.. Sleeping in until 9am and warm meals going cold. Conversations...
Alana Krushen
- Sep 9, 2018
- 1 min
Quiet Among Rubble
We sat here yesterday amidst the cool breeze I was cloaked in silence - mind and tongue. Opening my eyes in brief moments to see you...
Alana Krushen
- Mar 9, 2018
- 1 min
I Wasn't Ready
. We never are. 8 years spent together, we lived in 3 different cities and 8 different homes. He was my consistent comfort through it...
Alana Krushen
- Feb 15, 2018
- 1 min
Completion
Adoration of solace, comfort, hilarity and adventure. Here you stand next to me. My hair piled on you each morning, you let out a relaxed...
Alana Krushen
- Jan 1, 2018
- 1 min
2018
Another calendar year has come and gone.. and while I don't believe in New Years Resolutions - the bustle of the holiday festivities have...
Alana Krushen
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 min
Simple Joy
Remember when you were a kid... Running down streets, and side-winding onto the grass. Your arms wide open to catch every particle of...
Alana Krushen
- Jul 18, 2017
- 1 min
Skin Deep
I sat in admiration of my long, filed finger nails today.. Remembering all the evenings spent avoiding contact, waving my painted hand...
Alana Krushen
- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
Becoming
Years ago, I was too shy to hold my own head up. Missing the sky's merit completely - and relating to the cold, crumbled rock below me....
Alana Krushen
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
Mindful
Today, #BellLetsTalk brings awareness to those struggling. I'd like to take this opportunity to share some writing. This last week, I...
Alana Krushen
- Nov 8, 2016
- 2 min
Expression
This is my grandfather. I do not know him well. He shares his name with my father, and he has been both a strong and compassionate man....
Alana Krushen
- Oct 26, 2016
- 1 min
Value
I've changed a lot as a person.. most importantly in what my perspective of other people is. Years ago, if you were to ask me about...
Alana Krushen
- Oct 16, 2016
- 2 min
Define Honesty
I miss you\It's okay\I love you\I'm fine... We limit our own happiness by pretending our feelings. We hide our shine to be dull and tough...
Alana Krushen
- Jun 21, 2016
- 2 min
Loss
It is something we have all known. It comes in many forms and many pains. There's definition to this that will tell you it is trauma and...
Alana Krushen
- May 27, 2016
- 1 min
Strangers
I was invited to a potluck with strangers, and I decided to go. Purely to make them less strange. And upon arriving - my mind was quiet....
Alana Krushen
- Sep 23, 2011
- 1 min
Hallway
The decorators of my mind chose coloured wallpaper to cover the halls of my past. The walls would haunt me with their many holes, tears,...
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