Studies in Hope | A CLOSE READING OF THE EVERYDAY
List-making in a Dark Time
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...
Tell Your Story
“Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.” ― Madeleine L'Engle There is a lot of...
A little turn or two
"In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same." Henri Nouwen In the wake of Sunday's tragedy, I found my mind instinctively doing something it did when I got my own "phone call" and tragic news—trying to figure out a way to turn...
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Only parent, only child: An ode to our small family [Washington Post]
I have a piece in the Washington Post today about my experience being in a small family, a family of two. Thank you, as always, for reading. You can find the piece here.
How the Loss of the Landline is Changing Family Life [The Atlantic ]
It's been a long time. The summer and fall were difficult seasons here, and I'm having this site redesigned, so stay tuned for that. I did want to link to my piece published in The Atlantic in December. I wrote about the fact that our children won't know the telephone...
![Grief Looks a Lot Like ‘Crazy’ in ‘Dead to Me’ [Modern Loss]](https://i0.wp.com/studiesinhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/uploads2Fcard2Fimage2F9799542Ff3fb3179-f7e5-4e2a-bebd-17d666c54fde.jpg2F950x534__filters3Aquality289029.jpg?resize=950%2C534&ssl=1)
Grief Looks a Lot Like ‘Crazy’ in ‘Dead to Me’ [Modern Loss]
IMAGE: SAEED ADYANI / NETFLIX I watched the trailer of "Dead to Me" a few weeks ago while I was scrolling on Netflix as a reward for my morning yoga class. I debated watching it at first because usually loss isn't portrayed very acurately, but I often like to see if...
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