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Compassion: A Life Story Interview of Melissa Williams

By Melissa Kaiser

Emma PrangerINQ 100Dr. Knutson12/3/19 I met Melissa Williams on a freezing November morning, as she led me through a maze of hallways to her office in the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center. As I walked in, I noticed the neatly arranged pictures on the corkboard behind the computer, the arrays of neatly stacked binders, and…

Seemingly Small

By Melissa Kaiser

When we ask someone if they are okaylet us be kindand authenticandcompassionate Not because we are supposed tobut because we are all struggling in some large or small way and we need each other to lean on Do you ever notice when people say they’re okaybut they have sadness in their voice and pain in their…

To Feel It All Is To Be Alive

By Melissa Kaiser

We are supposed to feel… Emotions are meant to awaken us. We are supposed to love and hate and cry and laugh. That’s the point. To feel it all is to be human. We are supposed to be destroyed. Pick up the pieces over and over again. Don’t avoid it, don’t remove it. Accept the…