It Takes A Long Time
“It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.” –The Velveteen Rabbit I started going to the therapy as a teenager, for issues with Anxiety and Panic. I was terrified of being trapped places, and I…
“It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time.” –The Velveteen Rabbit I started going to the therapy as a teenager, for issues with Anxiety and Panic. I was terrified of being trapped places, and I…
I have a new favorite show. It’s called Modern Love, it’s on Amazon, and it’s based on the Modern Love column from the New York Times. It’s moving and it’s lovely. In one episode, Anne Hathaway plays a woman…
One of my friends tells her story of growing up with a mother with “issues” rather matter-of-factly, but the details are pretty grim to listen to. “She would stop talking to me for no reason, for days at a time,…
In a conversation on the phone today, my best friend said something brilliant and noteworthy. (He is given to doing this on a whim). He said, “A great many people have compromised their souls in the name of safety and…
The recent news about wealthy/celebrity parents paying to have their children accepted into colleges via fraudulent methods has gotten me thinking. My first thought is, “Wait, isn’t this old news? I thought we all knew this was going on.” My…
There was nothing revelatory about Glenn Close’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes this year. She didn’t say anything particularly groundbreaking. But the message hit me hard, and resoundingly so, as it clearly did many women in the audience, standing…