Last night, I went with my sister to a Pat Benatar concert and cried through most of it. I was only 4 when Pat Benatar released her first album in 1979. At some point, either MTV or my sister, Jennie, introduced me to this firecracker and her thrilling voice. Jennie had all of her records, […]
Mental Health
A Thousand Daily Losses and a Lesson in Letting Go
I am falling apart. The disintegration starts internally, with synapses and cells I suppose. But eventually the phenomenon must manifest physically, visibly, externally. To all but me it’s an ineffectual alarm, quiet and cumulative. My hair is falling out. My ponytail is half as thick, and it’s still thinning. When I run my fingers through […]