Grieving What We Lose While Appreciating What We Still Have

(This is one of the many gorgeous rooms in Isafjordur Public Library in Iceland. This library is a must-see for book lovers!)

I don’t talk about this much but…

The book banning/shadow banning makes me VERY sad.

I love reading steamy stories and diverse stories and stories that cover a wide range of experiences. I also love writing steamy stories and diverse stories and stories that cover a wide range of experiences.

It saddens me that we have people telling us what we can read and write and experience.

If this makes you sad too, know that it is OKAY to be sad, to miss what we have lost. It is OKAY to grieve the losses of these freedoms.

Feeling sad is a human response.

It is the RIGHT response.

Take time and feel your feelings.

I will be doing the same.

I will also be noting the happinesses, the joys we have left.

And I will savor those MORE. I won’t take them for granted. I’ll enjoy them with my whole heart, knowing how special and rare and, perhaps, fleeting they are.

(smiles)