This picture of my dog sleeping is emblematic of my exhaustion over the past few days and weeks. But/and, this picture is also a metaphor for the comfort I’ve found being in my new home — that even amidst the boxes and chaos of adjusting to a new era of my life and new circumstances, […]
Tag: transition
The End of an Era
It is nearly time to say goodbye to the first house that I thought might be my forever home. My daughter said to me on the walk to summer camp this morning, “I’m going to miss this house. It’s the only house I’ve ever known.” She’s repeated these words at least twice today. It is […]
Transition
I am in a long period of transition. It is extremely taxing and exhausting. I think this is because this transition is transformational, pushing myself beyond who I know myself to be, which in turn forces me to reckon with all that I have been. In that “all I have been” space are many moments […]
Blessed
Today was probably my last convocation as a CSU Long Beach faculty member. It’s one of those things that I knew but I didn’t really feel until my colleague Lindsay mentioned it, and then all of the sudden, I thought, “Yes, this is one of the first of the lasts of this semester, of this […]