I’m still processing this one, folks. My daughter and I just wrapped up her first COVID-19 vaccination the other day, and I was getting her lunch, when a festively-dressed older woman with candy cane earrings walked up to me, saying, “Excuse me.”
I thought she was trying to get past…
My daughter Sophie and I like to celebrate the holidays. From October to February, things get particularly festive with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day.
I didn’t exactly set out to do all of these holidays, but as Sophie has gotten older, she’s turned out to…
My first grader was out of school all last week for Thanksgiving break. Today, her school was supposed to be back in session, but instead, it’s closed because there are too many positive cases of COVID-19.
Sigh.
It really pains me to write this story, because I love my daughter’s…
My daughter hasn’t heard from her father in seven months. He stopped by to see her for about five minutes on her birthday in April. Before that, I believe he saw her in January or February — once he finally got around to bringing her a Christmas gift.
Before that…
Last weekend didn’t turn out the way I planned. Oof. I really hate it when that happens because it always seems to take me more than a week or two to recover.
I thought I was finally going to wrap up my piece about the Dave Hollis drama last Friday…
On the morning of October 30, Instagram influencer Dave Hollis was busy reading about the importance of stillness on his so-called patio of peace when he shouted at his 4 year old daughter Noah to bring him his laptop. …
Back in August I was pretty crushed to learn that my lipedema had progressed into the advanced stage known as lipo-lymphedema, and that getting treatment wasn’t as simple as scheduling the life-saving surgeries I need to remove my painful lipedema fat. …
Lately, I’ve been running into what I would call some very black-and-white stories about other writers leaving Medium. Typically, they’re talking about “top writers,” or so-called “big names” here, and what troubles me about the stories and many related comments is the lack of nuance.
Or empathy.
The choice to…
This morning, I — er, my daughter and photographer, Sophie — had to take a new set of full body photos of moi for Dr. Amron since I see him virtually next week to check-in on my lymphedema therapy progress. …
Many of you who are neurodivergent or those who battle anxiety are familiar with “the impossible task.” Some of us — raises hand!— face many impossible tasks, perhaps every single day. …
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