Esperance (es-per-uhns): the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best
Every-other-month essays about life, parenting, and the human experience, with book recommendations and reactions to current events (personal and universal). I can’t promise brilliance, but I do promise to be thoughtful, vulnerable, raw, and authentic.
It has to start somewhere
The news coming out of Minneapolis has weighed heavily on me, particularly the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both of them thirty-seven years old. I wanted to go to a protest after Renee Good’s death, because that was absolutely the straw that broke the camel’s back for me, but I was scared. I’m ashamed of it, but I was.