Monthly Archives: July 2023

Solidarity, sister

Your laugh brought me joy today.

There a song lyric that I repeated to myself like a mantra when in the depths of the emotional purgatory that is my mind: It’s always darkest before the dawn. 

It’s the fortitude of your character and the incredible strengthen of your backbone that leaves little doubt you will survive this divorce. 

However, it’s because you haven’t lost the light in your eyes that I’m confident you will thrive on the other side of this emotional abuse.

I came in hot to the conversation with the shitshow that is my marriage because I wanted you to know you’re not alone. And even if my marriage was healthy, I still want you to know that I’m quietly standing beside you along with the rest of your people. No one is going to let you fall. We’re all there for you to collapse against each time you lose your footing—Regardless of lapsed time or distance.

What a remarkable group of women at brunch today. You all are a true blessing to my life. It doesn’t matter where we are in the time space continuum. I know I can tap any one of you. You know you can tap me.

Oh, and my kid just learned the middle finger at school. We talked about how it’s meant to be hurtful and disrespectful. However, given the opportunity, I will implore her to join me in using both hands to vehemently flip the bird at the poor excuse for a human that is your soon-to-be ex-anchor. And then I will high five her.