Me, two months ago: I REFUSE TO POST GROUP SHOTS OF ZOOM SESSIONS AS IT WOULD NORMALIZE THEM AND GRADUALLY ALLOW THEM TO REPLACE ACTUAL TIME SPENT TOGETHER Me, now: LOOK AT MY SISTERS AND …
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a picture of Humans, Together
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This is Timeless
When your late Grandmother’s childhood friend Geri, who you’ve recently befriended, a retired psychiatrist now in her 80s who lives alone in Florida, who calls all of the Jews she and my Grandma grew up …
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That time we were Wimps
Me, complaining to my Mom on the phone yesterday: Our doctor won’t let Morrison be in the room for the next ultrasoundddddddd! Mom: (with genuine empathy) Oh, no! Me: It’s a precaution because of the …
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Meet the Pod
Social Pod: (n): a small group of individuals who have achieved the required quarantine state, and therefore know they are not infected with coronavirus, and THEREFORE can begin to socialize in person Our pod: Morrison, …
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Mercy; Comfort
Like an apocalypse mouse hunting for tiny pieces of old ‘toast’ even though ‘toast’ is not a thing anymore but still I want this memory of ‘toast’, I wake up each morning searching corners of …
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Birth / Death
On Tuesday, my cousin Matt Pendergrass suddenly passed away at the age of 42. Here he is doing what he did best (read: Beach Smiling): And today, my Grandpa Joe turns 92. Here he is, …
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Charmed, I’m sure
For Christmas this year, The Brunstetters copied the Foster-Keddies, maybe because I forced them to, and did a Secret Santa type gift exchange. Employing a very fancy Santa app in which I first accidentally left …
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Cool Story
Morrison got me a Chance the Rapper ‘3’ hat for my birthday this year. Chance wears the hat to represent the Holy Trinity, and also the trinity that is he, his wife and his daughter. …
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Animal Work
Darwin once said, “Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive” and I might add ‘while waiting for prescription pickups at CVS.’ And so here’s my …
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Cute Parents
I know slash hope that one day our kids will call us Cute, and it will feel dismissive, and I will be like, HOW DARE YOU, I AM NOT CUTE, I CREATED YOU, YOU ARE …