So proud to share this one. My beautiful daughter wrote an amazing letter, and they published it in The NY Times today. What would you write to your future self so you don't forget the lessons you've learned in this liminal space? Here's what she had to say: A 12-Year...
Early in the pandemic I started to regret my brief foray into minimalism slightly. I still have a small space and like order, but I can understand now why my grandparents and my parents saved so much. I wrote about it and it's up on The Washington Post's, The Lily,...
For any other list-makers out there, I published this on HerStories yesterday.""In this time of quarantine, my lists are offering me space outside of the walls of my home, a way of making sense of chaos, a self-imposed structure on structure-less days, and even a way...
Dear Julia I just found your blog and have started reading it from the beginning.
My beautiful husband went to work on 7/4/2019 and didn’t come back
He had a heart attack and died instantly.
He was 56…..I am 53.
I just want you to know that your words are giving me so much comfort in this horrific nightmare…….I’m right at the beginning…….
Thank you Melissa. I am very sorry for your loss. Hard to see now, but you’re going to be OK.