Obsession + Adventure: On Unexplained Loss And The People Who Leave Us.
When I was little, there was a woman who would come over and help take care of me. Her name was Yvette. Yvette was short in comparison to my mother, but to me, she was just the perfect height for my death-grip hugs. Her short brown hair fell in soft waves that...How To Listen When You Disagree: A Lesson From The Republican National Convention
It’s easier to unfriend, unfollow, and tune out when we hear what we don’t want to hear. In an ideal world, we tell ourselves, everyone would share our exact viewpoint. In a perfect universe, we say, we’d all think the same way and want the same...Seventeen-Point-Five: The Underestimation of our Unforeseen Strength.
Another day at the gym, another chance to fit in some resistance work. It was crowded on the floor, the weight rack reminding me of the produce shelves at Trader Joe’s Chelsea on Sunday evenings: picked over, plowed through, only a few choices left now that the...Being Afraid Of The Friends That You Need.
“We are a group of ladies that like to group hug the shit out of each other and make it feel like home. Welcome to the lady gang :-* ” I received this text the other night from a fairly new-ish friend, a rad gal I’d bonded with via WANT and le...The Dreams We Woke Up From: An Ode To Transitions.
There isn’t much more of an emotional experience for me than driving through Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley then back again; a route I know all too well yet still find so much nuance and newness in. It’s the path from the place I live now...
