Quote of the week:
“Why do the stories endure? Why did humans tell them in the first place? For a very simple reason: Life is hard. It’s confusing. We have enough intelligence to ponder existence, but not enough to really understand what’s going on here in our small corner of the vast universe. That’s why we tell the stories. To ease the anxiety of being soft-skinned mortals. To inspire the soul to fathom eternity. To give order to what feels out of control. To guide, to blame, to warn, to shame. To make some kind of sense out of why people do what they do, why things happen the way they happen and how we might all meet each other and daily life with less turmoil and more stability.” —Elizabeth Lesser
What I’m reading:
Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
What I’m listening to:
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
People In Hell Want Ice Water by Edan Lepucki (Audible original short story)
What I’m watching:
“Shameless” (Showtime)
“Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time” (Amazon Prime)
“Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill” (Netflix)
“Unsolved Mysteries” (Netflix)–I’m still thinking about “The Lady in the Lake” episode
Writing news:
I got advance copies of All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss. This has been such a passion project for me and it’s so amazing to see the hard copies. The book comes out on March 23!
Two reminders:
- People Who Knew Me will be re-released on May 11
- No Hiding in Boise will release on June 15
What I’m talking about:
Well, preschool has been closed for two weeks, so I’m mostly talking to my daughter–pretending to eat food in her “restaurant,” playing with her babies, and hunting for bears in the backyard. I am desperately in need of adult conversation.
Weirdest thing I googled this week:
“How to cut a little girl’s long hair” on YouTube (this might be going down today).
What I’m grateful for:
I’m so grateful for a new year and a new beginning. I don’t think much is going to improve with Covid in the first half of the year, but vaccines are coming. A new President is coming! Good things are ahead. I’m so grateful that my loved ones remained healthy through 2020. And I’m so grateful for preschool so I could continue to work and not completely lose my mind.
Happy New Year, everyone!