Quote of the week:
“There is this existential loneliness in the real world. I don’t know what you’re thinking of what it’s like inside you and you don’t know what it’s like inside me. In fiction I think we can leap over that wall itself in a certain way… There’s a kind of Ah-ha! Somebody at least for a moment feels about something or sees something the way that I do. It doesn’t happen all the time. It’s these brief flashes or flames, but I get that sometimes. I feel unalone–intellectually, emotionally, spiritually. I feel human and unalone and that I’m in a deep, significant conversation with another consciousness in fiction and poetry in a way that I don’t with other art.”
–David Foster Wallace (interview with Salon in 1996)
What I’m reading:
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
What I’m listening to:
The Red Thread by Ann Hood
Happy as a Mother podcast — “Coping with Miscarriage and Loss”
HSP podcast — “Confidence: Let’s Explore Where it Comes From and How to Get It“
HSP podcast — “The Importance of Valuing Our Needs in the Workplace”
What I’m watching:
“Firefly Lane” (Netflix) — a couple episodes left
Writing news:
There are some potentially very exciting things in the works, but I have to leave you hanging for now.
Here are your usual reminders:
- All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss will be released on March 23. We are doing an online launch event on that date–register here (it’s free!)
- 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:
- The impeachment trial: The case was presented so well. They need to vote to impeach. If they don’t, they are essentially condoning the Capitol riot
- The impact of the Capitol riot on officers who were on duty (two have committed suicide — read here)
- Working mom burnout: The New York Times has a great series out, with several articles on this topic — highly recommend
- How women are having more issues with long-haul Covid symptoms than men (probably related to bullet 3 — read here)
What I’m grateful for:
My husband turns 38 tomorrow. I’m grateful to have him as my partner in this crazy life. We don’t always see eye to eye (I am taller than him, after all), but we continue to learn new ways to appreciate and respect each other. This photo is, sadly, the last one I have of just the two of us together (it’s from August), thanks to the collision of Covid and having a 3-year-old.
