Lou changed the way people talk about birth and care in Aotearoa. Lou was, professionally, a writer, a midwife and antenatal educator. I think the world won’t ever be the same. We also know we will never be the same without Lou. Their brilliant brain – it was an enemy sometimes too. Lou died by suicide, there is no sugar-coating this. As a soft and warm and kind human who inspired me every single day. I was also lucky enough to know Lou as a friend. How could you not share it? It was raw and delightful, crushing and nourishing – everything all at once. And I shared their newsletter Earthside often.
I published them on The Spinoff when I was Parents editor. Because they were an incredible writer whose words changed lives, created worlds, and brought so much hope. And I can’t think of anything else, can’t work, can’t write. Someone who desperately tried, despite catastrophic sadness, to make the world a better place. Over the weekend we lost a person who made Aotearoa a better place. Please take care.įirst published on the author’s newsletter, Emily Writes Weekly. This piece discusses suicide and depression. Emily Writes remembers the uniquely wonderful Lou Kelly, a midwife, educator and writer whose reflections on working in an abortion clinic became one of The Spinoff’s most-read pieces of all time.
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