Tag: fragile

  • Let’s Be Gentle with Ourselves

    I’d rather be a hammock than a trampoline.

  • Newsflash: Your Kids Aren’t That Fragile

    Stop using false childhood fragility in order to try to force your agenda on the world.

  • Infantilizing Women

    You’ll never hear me call my underwear panties.

  • It’s All So Fragile

    I just read something very exciting on the National Geographic website. It seems that the Mayan city of Tikal and its environs in Guatemala were much, much, MUCH larger than we previously thought. All this time, we were thinking the area was home to about 5 million people during the Maya classic period between 250…

  • Time Passes

    Here’s why I could never commit suicide: I know, for better or for worse, that I am not stuck in this present moment. Things will get better. Yeah, they might also get worse. But the point is, it’s all unbelievably temporary. Change is inevitable. The reason I’ve been able to endure all this home buying…

  • Things I Hope I Never Forget

    The shock of having the person I loved most in the world die unexpectedly two weeks ago has taught me much. Life is as fragile as a soap bubble. It could pop at any moment and that’s it. You’re done. Because life is so fragile, it’s precious. You only get a little bit of it,…