If you shop on Amazon, the site seems to know you pretty damn well. (Especially with more than a decade of browsing and buying history.) But sometimes they miss a beat. All spring and early summer, I devoted a lot (ahem) of online time to reading about pregnancy and babies and motherhood. (As one does.)… Continue reading When Algorithms are Jerks*
Category: Personal
Rejoining the World
After 14 weeks off, I woke up before dawn Monday and trudged into work. It was largely surreal, especially since we had moved less than two weeks before The Incident and I hadn’t quite nailed down my new commute. But getting off the train downtown, everything was pretty much the same: the same steely gazes… Continue reading Rejoining the World
Letting Go
“Let. Go. Let. Go” This morning I took a free outdoor yoga class. Under the crisp, clear, cerulean sky, the instructor guided us to use each breath as a reminder to let go of the things weighing us down. 3 months ago today, I landed in the hospital in septic shock, with an infection… Continue reading Letting Go
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