I enjoyed your post this morning. As I read your words about fear, I was reminded of Edward Morrow in Good Night and Good Luck. About fear he said, “If we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, we will remember we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular.” That is why so many Americans got out on Saturday to let their ideas known. Thanks for stimulating us to think about life from another’s perspective.
Circling back to read your newsletter shortly but dropping by to say I've been watching The Studio too! Just watched ep 7 last night and it was too funny—and of course in the end the execs were overanalyzing the wrong thing. I do wish there were more Catherine O’Hara!
I enjoy your writing about your life and family, and then connecting to the larger world. You write well and do some interesting things and you reflect on our disgraceful state of affairs. I am a bit older than you are but we are both facing age and re-jiggering our relationships to adult children.
Whenever I see a notification of a new post, I click over to read it. It doesn’t count as doom scrolling, it’s a brief essay that is disseminated on line. Hope you can keep going!
Thank you Meg, SO much. I've just started the journey of "re-jiggering" my relationship with my children. College age is such a gray area. I'm still footing the bills! And they are legal adults, but still seem like kids to me especially as there is a tiny bit of regression when they come home on breaks. I am bracing myself for when the older one most likely will move back home after graduation next year.
I read newsletter the same way, for the same reasons you do. I crave for real. Real love, real fear. Real confusion, real joy. All I want is real because I want to stay real. Human. Alive. This is all I want. The opposite of this is what I fear the most. So if you were wondering, yes you are worth reading. It is actually the type of newsletter I like to read (and write) the most. And yes Jenna, I have been writing these types lately and yes each time, a few unsubscribes. But honestly, I don't mind. As long as I keep it real, I know that I will be more than ok. xo thanks for sharing.
Real, human, it’s just going to get even more valuable as the line between what’s real and what’s fake gets blurred even more. And thank you Danni. Also, I’m pretty sure everyone gets unsubscribes each time they publish. This is when you need to stop looking 😀
It truly doesn't phase me anymore. I am happy for them. I want people to be in their right spaces. We need to be truer to ourselves. And not take things so personally. Plus, sometimes we need to choose. We don't have time to read everything and those inboxes get overloaded and stressful. hope you are enjoying the start of the Summer… and your fuller house. xoxo
I haven’t written my newsletter in a few weeks because Lord Almighty what is there to say??? I start with song lyrics and go from there, but ugh, lately, I just don’t have it in me to write about what’s going on in the world and the trivialities of my life just aren’t enough right now. I need to allow my creativity to resurface without any pressure.
I LOVE reading yours and your writing is so evocative - it is gentle and reassuring, even when your topics are neither of those things. I read many different types of newsletters but the ones I like best make me feel like I’m connecting with a friend.
I enjoyed your post this morning. As I read your words about fear, I was reminded of Edward Morrow in Good Night and Good Luck. About fear he said, “If we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, we will remember we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular.” That is why so many Americans got out on Saturday to let their ideas known. Thanks for stimulating us to think about life from another’s perspective.
Thank you Jamie for this quote. It's a really good one.
Circling back to read your newsletter shortly but dropping by to say I've been watching The Studio too! Just watched ep 7 last night and it was too funny—and of course in the end the execs were overanalyzing the wrong thing. I do wish there were more Catherine O’Hara!
We just finished the last episode and hahahaaa. Sort of the same pace as Episode 7 but even more ridiculous.
I enjoy your writing about your life and family, and then connecting to the larger world. You write well and do some interesting things and you reflect on our disgraceful state of affairs. I am a bit older than you are but we are both facing age and re-jiggering our relationships to adult children.
Whenever I see a notification of a new post, I click over to read it. It doesn’t count as doom scrolling, it’s a brief essay that is disseminated on line. Hope you can keep going!
Thank you Meg, SO much. I've just started the journey of "re-jiggering" my relationship with my children. College age is such a gray area. I'm still footing the bills! And they are legal adults, but still seem like kids to me especially as there is a tiny bit of regression when they come home on breaks. I am bracing myself for when the older one most likely will move back home after graduation next year.
I read newsletter the same way, for the same reasons you do. I crave for real. Real love, real fear. Real confusion, real joy. All I want is real because I want to stay real. Human. Alive. This is all I want. The opposite of this is what I fear the most. So if you were wondering, yes you are worth reading. It is actually the type of newsletter I like to read (and write) the most. And yes Jenna, I have been writing these types lately and yes each time, a few unsubscribes. But honestly, I don't mind. As long as I keep it real, I know that I will be more than ok. xo thanks for sharing.
Real, human, it’s just going to get even more valuable as the line between what’s real and what’s fake gets blurred even more. And thank you Danni. Also, I’m pretty sure everyone gets unsubscribes each time they publish. This is when you need to stop looking 😀
It truly doesn't phase me anymore. I am happy for them. I want people to be in their right spaces. We need to be truer to ourselves. And not take things so personally. Plus, sometimes we need to choose. We don't have time to read everything and those inboxes get overloaded and stressful. hope you are enjoying the start of the Summer… and your fuller house. xoxo
I haven’t written my newsletter in a few weeks because Lord Almighty what is there to say??? I start with song lyrics and go from there, but ugh, lately, I just don’t have it in me to write about what’s going on in the world and the trivialities of my life just aren’t enough right now. I need to allow my creativity to resurface without any pressure.
I LOVE reading yours and your writing is so evocative - it is gentle and reassuring, even when your topics are neither of those things. I read many different types of newsletters but the ones I like best make me feel like I’m connecting with a friend.