I spent five lovely days in Las Vegas soaking up as much as I could. I did a whole lot of walking, eating, and people watching. This isn't a travel guide—it's coming—but it is an overview of how I spent a great first vacation since COVID.
Remembering and Rereading Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
The Awakening by Kate Chopin came to me the summer I most desperately needed to find a woman who understood. I was in the midst of a crisis: The crisis of being a woman. I was finding out its darkest meaning in the most horrific ways. Finding one person, however fictional, validated the tragedies I lived and the ones I had yet to experience.
COVID Came For Us; We Almost Didn’t Make It
I have not been open about the way this year started. We were more than careful, but COVID came for us anyways. Dylan was hospitalized for almost three weeks on the other side of the country and spent two weeks on oxygen and another week before he came home. I floundered at home struggling through my own severe case of COVID and the worry that my partner of five years could never walk through our front door again.
Books to Read This Spring 2021
Well... I'm only behind 48 book reviews. Instead of drowning myself and you in book reviews, I've decided to round them up. It makes my life much easier, and also won't bore you with nothing but book content for months on end because that is exactly what it would turn into.
11… Ways I’m Forgiving Myself
As a human with anxiety, I'm really good at never ever forgiving myself for anything I do. I'm trying to be kinder to myself, which is really hard. But if I don't, how can I expect other people to be kind to me? Anyways, I'm working on forgiving myself for these eleven things. It's a lot, but it's a start.
Happy National Puppy Day from A Pack Mom
Every day is puppy day because I have a pack. It’s a chaotic zoo. A furtacular event. No moment, big or small, goes without the dogs. I attribute it to their being enormous, multitudinous, and very attached to me.