Dreaming forward. Moving backward.The morning after five people were murdered at Club Q in Colorado Springs, I sunk into a booth with a childhood friend and her family at a gay-friendly brunch spot outside Miami. The news hadn’t made it to us, and the mood was light as we waited for our food. Ours was the only…
ChatGPT does not understand usA few months after Jude turned three, he came in from the playground, flopped down next to me on the couch, and said: “I’m dead.” Frances found the word baffling. “What?” she asked. “I’m dead, mama,” he replied, drawing out the e in the word so that it hung in the air. His eyes…
Let's make our backpacks lighterI find myself on a plane, a sleeping child tucked next to me, heading back to New York after a few days in Mississippi and Alabama. I’m trying to reflect on what the last few weeks have felt like, and it’s hard to sum up. The photo above was taken last Saturday at Thank You…
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