Relationships & Selfhood
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Dating Gets Different When Everyone Has History
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Dating in your 40s is a different sport. Everyone comes with an ex, a few emotional scars, a couple of questionable decisions and, if you’re lucky, a funny story about how they got there. The hard part is figuring out which of it belongs in the past—and which of it…
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Why Our Circle Gets Smaller
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Some friendships become like the decorative vase sitting in the corner of your living room. There’s nothing wrong with it—you’ve just forgotten it’s there. Growing older has a funny way of teaching us the difference between keeping people and keeping friendships.
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The Strange Joy Of Becoming Friends With Your Mother
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As children, we think our mothers have all the answers. Mine certainly did, although I’m still waiting to find out why red is called red and not blue. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, our conversations changed, and so did our relationship.
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The Year You Stop Chasing Potential
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We spend years falling in love with who people could become instead of who they already are. Somewhere between hope and compromise, we stop trusting what people consistently show us. This is the year I stopped chasing potential and started believing patterns.
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The Friends Who Knew Us Before Life Happened
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Many of us have two best friends in life: the one who knew us before life happened to us, and the one who met us after. A reflection on adult friendships, shared exhaustion, accidental support groups, and the people who somehow know exactly what you mean when you say, “I’m…