One of these days we'll both be fine.

One of these days we’ll both be fine

I guess I’m starting a new project called One of These Days We’ll Both Be Fine which was something my mother said to me earlier this year when we were both having a bad day. At the time it was slightly sad, a little funny, but also comforting.

I had actually started a version of this project years ago with notes here and there, but I’m writing about my mother, her alcoholic years, our relationship now, her dementia, navigating the health care system, creativity, and what’s going on in the world in short sometimes humorous vignettes dare I say anecdotes (that was the title of my last book).

The more I suffer or my mother suffers, the more I feel in tune with the suffering of the world. My activism wants to kick in even more rather than stop during this difficult time.

Right now I’m participating in a fundraiser for Authors for e-Sims for Gaza and running my own monthly draw via an interview series to raise money for organizations that I care about.

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This isn’t the first time I’ve written about my mother. She was one of the subjects of my first book, a novel in verse called Onion Man (which I’m planning to serialize as a podcast) where I wrote about her alcoholism when I was a teenager. And of course I wrote about her in my story collection Anecdotes.

I always find that writing projects are like pets for me. They find a way to find me. I don’t usually have to go looking for them.

This is the only section of Send My Love to Anyone that will mostly sit behind the paywall which has more to do with privacy and the personal nature of the project than a desire to make people pay.

***If you’re a child of an alcoholic who is now dealing with this same parent’s dementia, a particularly triggering form of caregiving and you’d like to read along, hit me up for a comp.

I don’t know what it is about Substack, but it gets me writing. I think part of it is that it’s live but also it feels like no one’s looking.

People are always going on about growing on Substack, For me it’s best to keep it a manageable size and connect with those with whom you share values with or have something in common.

This platform can sometimes feel like a void that occasionally waves back which is a perfect mix for me.

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