I used to despair at what I could not do.The things I could Not Change.I would rage and weep and thrash and exhaust. Now I practice acknowledgment. I see it and grieve it. Mourn and move onTo what I Can Do.
Author Archives: LwithaC
What the birds brought me
I’m not much of a gardener but I’d like to be so I have succulents. I also have what I jokingly call my “native garden” of flowering weeds. But in one of my containers there have been little sprouts. Some likely weeds, some unknown. Out of an unknown popped this little treasure! I’m so excited!!Continue reading “What the birds brought me”
All I’ll Say
We do not owe the world our stories. The onus is not on us to HUMANIZE ourselves. Our humanity is implicit. I don’t have to explain myself to anyone.
Caterpillar Soup
I can’t make this up. I learned this from my kindergartner.
Kindergartener, COVID and Disneyland
So we did it, we took Bean to Disneyland. It was her first trip! We had planned to take her when she turned 5 but… #2020 The pandemic continues and I had my hesitations, but seeing as we all had it in February, I figured this was our window of opportunity before it mutates more.Continue reading “Kindergartener, COVID and Disneyland”
Eavesdropping on love
I was at the playground a month or so ago, when the family on the bench next to me started having an intense conversation. I tried to give them their privacy and kept my head down, working on my postcards, and I tuned out a lot of it (“He’s just trying to make you jealous,”Continue reading “Eavesdropping on love”
We Can’t Bully Ourselves into Better
We can’t hate our way through healing. It doesn’t work that way.
Things I Do Not Understand
Things I Do Not Understand: War Edition I know that I do not know much about international relations, world politics, or war. I am not a strategist or a scholar of authoritarian regimes. I am broadly educated in world history up to about 1946 when we ran out of time to finish the syllabus so listened toContinue reading “Things I Do Not Understand”
Cruelty, Callousness and COVID
So, it happened. My family caught COVID last month. We had a sense it was heading our way when cases started appearing in our child’s kindergarten class. She had a bit of a sniffle so we tested her at home and it came up positive. That was a Sunday. We cancelled plans and pulled herContinue reading “Cruelty, Callousness and COVID”
The Women Who Stepped Up
I’ve been thinking a lot about the women in my life, specifically the ones who stepped up and into a positive role without really needing to. The women who didn’t owe me anything but paid it forward anyhow. In ways great and small. The women at the laundromat who shared with me the value ofContinue reading “The Women Who Stepped Up”
