I am back in the District. I’ve resisted typing that sentence so greatly that this blog post has been tough for me to force into fruition. I am back in the District and I am not sure how I feel about it. I’m going to tell you how we got here, but I first want…
Category: Adventure
While You Still Can
“Well, it’s good to do that while you still can.” That has been the most common response to the brave and crazy nomad plan. Each time I hear it, my eye brows raise, my lips form a thin line, and I smile in a way that makes my nostrils flare. A career involving nonverbal communication…
The Opposite of Loneliness
I read The Opposite of Loneliness when it was written in 2012. The article went viral following the death of its 22-year-old author, Marina Keegan. It moved me deeply at the time, and it has moved me every time I’ve read it since. In the article, Keegan seems under the impression that her feelings are…
Getting Ready to Let Go
Preparing for this journey was an exercise of mental, physical, and emotional fortitude. There were so many possible scenarios to run through. There were so many things to do. I had to cancel recurring subscriptions, turn off my cable/wifi, get my car checked out (ultimately rotating my tires and getting a new serpentine belt), hire…
Chasing Her
It really is all her fault that I’m in this mess. She was just too unforgettably young, too reckless, too dramatically optimistic. Her plans were too big and her heart too unyielding. She was a force. She was limitless. But now, I can’t find her…and that haunts me. She lingers in that tiny place of…