View this post on Instagram Being in a loving, long term relationship, having babies… they're all miracles that are so commonplace and easily entered into for most people that most take them for granted. š I was talking about this with @vickitysquare this past weekend. As a single, childless woman I sit outside of both … Continue reading The Miracles We Take For Granted
View this post on Instagram I created this little dance to @lizzobeeating 's #soulmate. It's an entire #mood. @thuvarakas always asks me, "How's dating going?" and nowadays I'm like, "We still doing that in 2019?" I knew dating was a game, but this is foolishness. There is no point. No rhyme or reason. Just frustration … Continue reading “I’m My Own Soulmate”: On Lizzo and Loving Your Single Self
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us. ā James Truslow Adams My mother attended a funeral recently for a long-standing member of the church in which I grew … Continue reading Kobe, King, Cosby: If You Live Long Enough, You Too Will Have a Complicated Legacy
I’m so happy to see the uptick in conversations about mental health becauseit definitely helps fight stigma (see hereĀ and here). But I’m finding that some of our conversations and solutions are becoming a little reductive. I find that whenever we talk about suicide or depression or anxiety, people are now quick to say, “Have you … Continue reading Therapy is Not the Only Answer #BellLetsTalk
View this post on Instagram I think I'm pretty. I think I'm beautiful. I appreciate all of the things my body does for me. People tell me that they admire my confidence. And yet when someone asked in a Facebook group if they would ever send nudes to their partner, it hit me that I … Continue reading I’m Not Comfortable With Sending Nudes, But Not For The Reasons You May Have in Mind…
View this post on Instagram I know how alienating and lonely this time of year can be. I have spent many a Christmas and many a New Years over the past decade wondering about my life, my purpose, frustrated with myself, incredulous about my circumstances, unenthusiastic about the future and just plain sad.ā£ā£ ā£ One … Continue reading Anything Can Happen
The original is posted here. āThereās something on your pants,ā Colin told me. I was in front of him as we climbed the winding staircase of his new workplace. I had taken him up on his offer to give me a private tour of the former mansion. Without a second thought, he rubbed away the aberrant dust … Continue reading An Ode to the (Gay) Man Who Loved Me
