Hi Jill! I'm one of your new subscribers from meeting you at NFN last month. You must've gotten injured after the conference. Glad to hear you're recovering.
It's interesting you mentioned disability, because I'm working on a video series about why waiting is so hard to do in this Western culture. All of us will be in a state of dependence at some point in our lives: as we age, due to illness or surgery or disability or accident - and, to me, it seems a prime opportunity to reflect on how we might deepen our emotional IQ when we are caught in the liminal space between two realities.
I love, too, what you wrote about parenthood. In fact, I drafted an essay about guns but I haven't finished it, because I don't get political in anything I write (that is intentional), but I can't figure out a way to write this story without someone making it into a political jousting match.
Bottom line: we want our kids to be safe. We also want to model to them that violence can come in many forms, and there are better ways to handle conflict.
Hi Jeannie! So nice to see you here! I actually was walking around NFN with a torn ACL 🙃 so it was time to get it fixed! I very much hear you: the idea of dependence feels threatening to a capitalistic idea of independence. Honestly, I can barely stand it. And this will be temporary for me. Would love to hear more about your video series!
And I hear you--although I think living in the world is political, we of course don't have to write that way. But it sometimes feels impossible to ignore.
Hi Jill! I'm one of your new subscribers from meeting you at NFN last month. You must've gotten injured after the conference. Glad to hear you're recovering.
It's interesting you mentioned disability, because I'm working on a video series about why waiting is so hard to do in this Western culture. All of us will be in a state of dependence at some point in our lives: as we age, due to illness or surgery or disability or accident - and, to me, it seems a prime opportunity to reflect on how we might deepen our emotional IQ when we are caught in the liminal space between two realities.
I love, too, what you wrote about parenthood. In fact, I drafted an essay about guns but I haven't finished it, because I don't get political in anything I write (that is intentional), but I can't figure out a way to write this story without someone making it into a political jousting match.
Bottom line: we want our kids to be safe. We also want to model to them that violence can come in many forms, and there are better ways to handle conflict.
I don’t have kids but I could relate! Lovely story! Lovely writer!
Oh thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that it resonates beyond parenting. I think so, too! We fear for friends, colleagues, family too.
Hi Jeannie! So nice to see you here! I actually was walking around NFN with a torn ACL 🙃 so it was time to get it fixed! I very much hear you: the idea of dependence feels threatening to a capitalistic idea of independence. Honestly, I can barely stand it. And this will be temporary for me. Would love to hear more about your video series!
And I hear you--although I think living in the world is political, we of course don't have to write that way. But it sometimes feels impossible to ignore.