I loved reading this. One of the few things keeping me from obliteration in motherhood is a writers’ workshop on Zoom that I started back in 2020, with a group of other women from my creative writing undergrad program (haven’t seen any of them in person in 10+ years but we picked right back up and have been meeting monthly for 3 years now!)
These short personal essays and stories you’re sharing inspire me to get more wide-ranging in my next essay. I’ve kept them ultra focused on one story at a time (e.g. “getting sober” or “grappling with a child’s diagnosis”), but I think expanding to share more context and scope from my life would be fun and add so much texture.
The fact that you have that community is so important. Yes, I think the connections we make as we move through our lives and the patterns we sometimes repeat (often to a bad result) I think help readers find themselves in our stories.
Authentically real, raw, beautiful. Thank you.
What a fascinating and well told story of your life. I'm certain you have a great deal of life experience to offer.
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Thank you for the support, David. I look forward to following you as well.
What beautiful, wrenching writing. Thank you.
I loved reading this. One of the few things keeping me from obliteration in motherhood is a writers’ workshop on Zoom that I started back in 2020, with a group of other women from my creative writing undergrad program (haven’t seen any of them in person in 10+ years but we picked right back up and have been meeting monthly for 3 years now!)
These short personal essays and stories you’re sharing inspire me to get more wide-ranging in my next essay. I’ve kept them ultra focused on one story at a time (e.g. “getting sober” or “grappling with a child’s diagnosis”), but I think expanding to share more context and scope from my life would be fun and add so much texture.
The fact that you have that community is so important. Yes, I think the connections we make as we move through our lives and the patterns we sometimes repeat (often to a bad result) I think help readers find themselves in our stories.
Stark, compelling, and pulls no punches. What a ride.