Dear Lily June, I owe you updates on the bad things, like how deeply I’ve sunk into a staggering depression,… Read more On Today Today
Illumination–On the Occasion That Valentine’s Day is Fast Approaching
**Haiku-ists: I swear I’ve written one. If you want to skip my letter to my daughter, you’ll find the poem… Read more Illumination–On the Occasion That Valentine’s Day is Fast Approaching
Scared, Paranoid, Angry, American–On the Occasion that The Words Have Become Synonyms
Dear Lily June, If I can’t say it here, anonymously, where can I? I whisper confess: I think I am losing… Read more Scared, Paranoid, Angry, American–On the Occasion that The Words Have Become Synonyms
Reaching Out–On the Occasion that You Feel a Light Switch Has Been Flipped on Your World
Dear Lily June, Yesterday, a colleague and friend, Kimmy, came into my office and said she just didn’t understand the… Read more Reaching Out–On the Occasion that You Feel a Light Switch Has Been Flipped on Your World
Confidence Woman–On the Occasion that Your Mother Follows Your Lead
Dear Lily June, I have always been a little afraid of self-confidence. Where does one draw the line between being… Read more Confidence Woman–On the Occasion that Your Mother Follows Your Lead
Behind Every Great Woman–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself with a Feminist
Dear Lily June, If you decide you do not want or need a partner in this life, honey, I shall… Read more Behind Every Great Woman–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself with a Feminist
The Profound South, Part II–On the Occasion that You Travel to the Country (within the Country)
Dear Lily June, As completely un-Southern as it is of me to do, I’m just going to get right to… Read more The Profound South, Part II–On the Occasion that You Travel to the Country (within the Country)
The Profound South, Part I–On the Occasion that You Travel to the Country (within the Country)
Dear Lily June, I wrote a letter like this before with the Midwest, but I’ve found myself having a hankering to… Read more The Profound South, Part I–On the Occasion that You Travel to the Country (within the Country)
Our Leader Seemed So Sure–On the Occasion of the Inauguration in America
Dear Lily June, I had thought about saying nothing. I had thought about putting this out into the universe in… Read more Our Leader Seemed So Sure–On the Occasion of the Inauguration in America
Quotation Challenge, Day 3–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dear Lily June, Allow me to repeat myself. Day 1 explains a little more about this, but essentially for three… Read more Quotation Challenge, Day 3–On the Occasion of an Impending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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