If you’re highly and inexplicably entertained along the way? Well, that’s a win-win in my book. That there IS actually a point to this column Well no, but lets pretend that, even though Im a writer, Im not. I’m able to vomit mindless musings on you, my adoring fans, and then analyze them with a clearer head. time to take afternoon tea and catch up on ones favorite Ton gossip column Perhaps with your favorite Bridgerton But do remember, gentle reader. In that sense, this column is really free, collective therapy for all of us who aren’t perpetually “#blessed.”Īnd personally, this column affords much-needed perspective and reminds me that I do, in fact, love my family and life, even if we aren’t the Bridgertons. Support Aeon from just 5 a month to help sustain us into the future. We don’t accept advertising and we will never have a paywall. As a charity, we rely on donations from readers like you. Through my weekly purging of bottled-up emotions (since big girls don’t cry in public, except for the Meijer dairy aisle) – grief, joy, the overwhelming desire to throat-punch anyone eating granola in my vicinity – fellow average suburbanites can know they are not alone. What are Gentle Reads Gentle Reads is a term used to describe novels that contain no sex, violence or offensive language. We are Aeon Media, a small charity with a big mission: to explore and communicate knowledge that addresses our shared need to make sense of the world. Bottom line, gentle reader? You’re welcome!īecause for a decade and a half, Current has allowed me to connect with like-minded people who are tired of hearing about the perfect lives everyone else seems to be leading. This column is yours as a way of promoting the exchange and dissemination of useful innovations that might otherwise be overlooked. Also, because some unbelievably funny shtick happens in a house filled with four kids, a ginger Democrat, and the occasional exotic pet (RIP, Quickie the gecko!). Fifteen! It started as a means to cope with my days as a stay-at-home mom, to vent my fears and frustrations about parenting and marriage. Then it hit me, I’ve been writing this column for 15 years. Is it my age? Hormones? Why do I perpetually yearn for the sweet release that only a Netflix romance series can bring? (“The Duke of Hastings”? Dear lord, help me). It wont be all better in the morning, but you will live to see the morning. I’ve been doing a ton of self-reflecting lately, mostly to uncover why I’m so irritated all the time. GentLe Reader Dear Gentle Reader, OKbreathe.
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