Today is a lousy day in my personal calendar. 6 years since my first daughter was stillborn. Just a freak occurrence, nothing that could have been done, but.
@Dani My condolences. I’ve had a son who was born at 26 weeks, and whose lungs gave way in front of me. Six years back as well (but not to the day) I think of him much.
Here’s wishing you find closure, if you haven’t already.
@Dani Second one for us. I’m the only one to have ever seen him. I hug my first born , my little daughter, extra hard when I think of him. I’ve learned to avoid tears lately; therapy helped quite a bit.
No two cases are the same, but most people don’t fully appreciate what it is like to miss a kid you’ve never had a chance to be introduced to.
My therapist took a vacation last week, and on the plane she happened to sit next to a trio of transfems. Apparently, they got to talking, and she offhandedly mentioned SGW.
And apparently all three of the transfems read it regularly.
When she told me, it just left me flabbergasted. It just seems so surreal for that sorts thing to happen, for people to be talking about my writing like that.
@Impossible_PhD Sometimes our writings take on a form that we don’t fully appreciate. Happens to all good writers. That there aren’t too many other good writers in this space only adds to the effect.
@rooster Reinventing ourselves every few years is the new norm. For better or worse, the old days of ‘becoming established’ are gone, more for some (sadly) than others.
But if you’ve had the life experience, discipline and smarts to have multiple degrees and military experience, chances are that you have the skills already to execute this turn well. You got this! 👍🏽