9.23.19
my heart’s lived outside me for some time but now it has its own heartbeat Continue reading 9.23.19
Tag: pregnant after loss
Welcome, Walt
now playing: lover – taylor swift “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” –Laura Stavoe Harm On August 29, 2019, my son was born. I was born as well; I am as new as he is. I am incredibly lucky to have had the birth I had. It was pretty close to the … Continue reading Welcome, Walt
Goodbye Jeep
If you’ve known me since I bought a wrangler, you know that I love her. She is a 2014 white two-door with a blacked-out hard top and scarlet leather interior. I named her Scarlet Witch, Switch for short. She is, technologically speaking, the least advanced vehicle I’ve had since college. But she’s quick and zippy and fun to drive. I swear I can fly when … Continue reading Goodbye Jeep
A Quick Note On Heartbreak
I used to think that my heart could only exist in my body. Where I went, my heart went. It was as much a fixed part of my anatomy as the eyes on my face. I see clearly that I was wrong. Fragments of my heart live outside my body. This heart of mine, broken in the best and worst of ways, by love and … Continue reading A Quick Note On Heartbreak