maybe my best, certainly the most vulnerable. i really want you to read this, because this means a lot to me. it's roads not taken, it's why i'm here now and why i'm leaving. its options and bewilderment and making it. and yay :).
Years ago, I started marking each year of my life, answering the same set of questions each birthday to help me measure moments. Here are the last 365.25 days: it does take a little work to look this medium, though.... Continue Reading →
the one where a stranger comes into my house and i have to get through it.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2008ayojCZnUP9xYcrrNIF?si=Om2FEfPiS5aNbQaumCpcZQ Living in and traveling through my fair share of interesting places over the last few years, I'm used to waking up due to unexpected reasons. Fireworks and a mariachi band for a birthday at 4am, dog fights, cat fights,... Continue Reading →
worth the read. I recently finished a book based on the Harvard Happiness study - the longest ever conducted on human satisfaction*. Problematic, but the pervasive message was that the key to a satisfying life was having sustained relationships. These... Continue Reading →
. . . your younger siblings start getting married and/or having babies and you’re single in your 40ies?? You enjoy it. Because you are happy for them and not a petty problem who makes everything about you. The end! Lol,... Continue Reading →
The author's summer was spent nannying her five-month-old niece, Mazie, offering her a chance to embrace the role of "Super Auntie." Despite initial anxieties about caregiving, she found joy in their time together, highlighting that being an aunt fulfilled her emotional needs without the desire for motherhood. She emphasizes that it’s acceptable for women to choose a life without children, advocating for supportive networks and celebrating non-traditional paths.
she woke up like this at 41. life is and has been and will be hard, so in a concentrated effort to sit and soak in the goodness that is being alive, here are a few of my very specific... Continue Reading →
a fab girls' night out at a tina turner tribute concert! One of my most favorite blogs to write is the somewhat annual February 14 S.A.D. post - that’s right; Singles Awareness Day. For better or for worse, for most... Continue Reading →
my little life This month marks my three and a half year anniversary of living on my own (when you don’t have a partner or kids, you have the mental capacity and also the emotional imperative to notice and celebrate... Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: This post was written under the influence of a wine-soaked happy hour with a friend going through a break-up, end of the school year exhaustion, Hong Kong humidity permeating my already scrambled brain, and "Benny and the Jets" on... Continue Reading →
Sunglasses Always Fit 