I’m the safe one. The friend in high school who always managed to get us home, even after following along and mother-henning while the group made bad decisions. I always had an escape plan. A way out. A solution to the problem. And the managing of that always got in the way of me ever…
Side note: I time block using Google Calendar to plan my days and weeks out in advance, making sure I’ve made room for all the things I have to do and as many of the things I want to do as possible. Something new I am trying this year is to delete activities/events on my…
Over the years, I have watched your body change, slowly, like a glacier adding layers, the white snow falling around your ears, laying claim to the hills and valleys of your face, the bright blue of your eyes softening to grey, crevices, lines blossoming over time, an overall roughening. Your landscape is settling, harder in…