I have to take a moment to reflect on how blessed I’ve been lately, and in what ways. Ever since July, I’ve found pockets in my life in which the world has stopped turning. I take for granted how much my life lacks the hectic dysfunctionality of family, and it was nice to be in… Continue reading A warm reflection on those few weeks where the world stopped turning
Month: September 2017
The Cold Death of the Social Universe
I never envisioned turning 31 and being alone. Thirty, as minuscule as it is, was always enough of an abstraction that it just seemed like an age where many monumental life events already occurred. An age with checkboxes ticked for something approximating marriage or at least being with who I’d probably marry, maybe children already… Continue reading The Cold Death of the Social Universe