thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving Guilt
The days — likely the months — leading up to Thanksgiving 2020 have left a hazy tarnish on my ability to be present for my family and friends. It started, of course, with the economic uncertainty, political instability, and alienating nature of COVID-19. But it is bigger than that, more insidious, and ultimately more profound.…
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Gratitude
to wear so many rings your fingertips refuse to meet to pull up skin-tight jeans to slip on a pink tube top without being asked to find what’s in your pocket what is in your pocket? to be known for a particular hairdo to smell the way you do to be brilliant without being moved…