ARRIVING HOME
What I found myself worrying about often in the years before becoming a mother was that motherhood would draw me far away from myself. But the most pleasant gift the experience has given me has been arriving home.
While Roberts’ character runs away from love in Runaway Bride, she chases after it in My Best Friend’s Wedding. Whether it's through an airport just before a plane takes off, or down the aisle just before a wedding begins, we as audience members love the added drama of a good chase scene. We’re all chasing after things. Maybe these romantic comedies give us hope there may be a happy ending for us, too.
Read MoreWriters are introspective background lurkers. We’re curious listeners and ponderous observers. We’d climb on rooftops to observe through skylight windows, like Harriet, or visit Linda Kasabian in prison, like Didion. Let Me Tell You What I Mean is another example of Joan Didion’s brilliance in telling stories through remoteness, and her mastery of observance.
Read MoreI’m one who thrives on dates and time and cyclical cycles to keep my life in order. I break my large and ever-expanding list of goals into days, weeks, and months, making sure to consider things like major holidays, even moon cycles. But there is no ultimate motherhood checklist that I can reference that will tell me when my job is “done”. Is there much else in life that is this way?
Read MoreI don’t know where your heads and hearts have been these past few weeks. Mine have been in a weird place. I know these coming days and weeks will bring more answers. As the impact of the coronavirus intensifies and the world pauses, know I’m sending love, light and hugs to you from across the pond. I hope you’re finding your version of peace at this time.
Read MoreGrowing up, my grandmother was a babysitter, playmate, confidant, and mentor, all at once. We spent countless hours together, hosting pretend tea parties, baking, reading, and more. But how much of the time I spent with her in my younger years are still in my subconscious memory? Am I remembering all that I'm meant to remember?
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