All that Midwest driving...exactly how many cornfields did you see?!?? I needed to read this today, even after giving myself permission to binge the Twilight Zone all weekend. As someone who is not quite to the the stage of living by myself, it's on the horizon and I often think about being lonely even as someone who LOVES my alone time. I've also thought about a tiny house village for women, I think they might be a solution for so many of us!
A bazillion times yes. Sometimes I wonder if we are living a type of parallel life across the country. Tons resonated but this struck me deeply: “remember who you are. You do not need to be worried about loneliness.” I think about this a LOT. Some days I am super cynical and feel despondent and isolated, like my brain says, you are totally fucking alone and always will be. And other days those small precious sacred daily interactions plus the beautiful true patchwork of friendships and relationships I have cultivated over the years ensures me that I am not alone. I only have to extend an arm, a text, a call, a visit. So thank you for this quote. Remember who you are. I needed this reminder. ❤️
This piece made me think about Mommunes. Mom communes. I came across the term and concept in a New York Times article last year or so I think? Obviously that’s a bit exclusionary given the focus on single women with kids. But in that case it was women living together with their kids, sharing burdens together such as caring, chores, errands and pick-ups. And sometimes sharing mortgages, because in some parts of the country the cost is just too high to go solo.
And the Golden Girls definitely had the right idea. I did divorce a lousy husband and I did remarry, but if I find myself alone again for whatever reason in the future, Golden Girls is the goal. Or a village of tiny homes and women. And cats 🤣
The Golden Girls were visionaries.
UM HELL YES THEY WERE. ❤️
All that Midwest driving...exactly how many cornfields did you see?!?? I needed to read this today, even after giving myself permission to binge the Twilight Zone all weekend. As someone who is not quite to the the stage of living by myself, it's on the horizon and I often think about being lonely even as someone who LOVES my alone time. I've also thought about a tiny house village for women, I think they might be a solution for so many of us!
It's such a fine line! I crave alone time and then am sometimes instantly repulsed by the thought of it. It's maddening.
A bazillion times yes. Sometimes I wonder if we are living a type of parallel life across the country. Tons resonated but this struck me deeply: “remember who you are. You do not need to be worried about loneliness.” I think about this a LOT. Some days I am super cynical and feel despondent and isolated, like my brain says, you are totally fucking alone and always will be. And other days those small precious sacred daily interactions plus the beautiful true patchwork of friendships and relationships I have cultivated over the years ensures me that I am not alone. I only have to extend an arm, a text, a call, a visit. So thank you for this quote. Remember who you are. I needed this reminder. ❤️
We are absolutely parallel life sisters! Thanks for that comment. It means so much to know you can relate. XO
You are brilliant at friendship and community! xo
Thank you!! Back atcha.
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This piece made me think about Mommunes. Mom communes. I came across the term and concept in a New York Times article last year or so I think? Obviously that’s a bit exclusionary given the focus on single women with kids. But in that case it was women living together with their kids, sharing burdens together such as caring, chores, errands and pick-ups. And sometimes sharing mortgages, because in some parts of the country the cost is just too high to go solo.
And the Golden Girls definitely had the right idea. I did divorce a lousy husband and I did remarry, but if I find myself alone again for whatever reason in the future, Golden Girls is the goal. Or a village of tiny homes and women. And cats 🤣