EB Ferdig

It's Pride Month, and I'm loving all things LGBTQIA+.​ Though, I have to say, until a few days ago, I​ didn't understand how harmful it could be to leave those last few letters off.  I've just read "Inverse Cowgirl," by Alicia Roth Weigel, and learned so much about intersex folks (those born between the sexes, having both female and male sexual organs.) Did you know that roughly ​1.7% of the population was born intersex?

ach year anniversary of quitting alcohol, I love to look back on what I"ve learned and how I've changed (and not changed). Here are some musings from today: 1. I can be with discomfort.  Sure, it can be nice to have some liquid help relaxing from stress.  But ultimately,  2. Alcohol caused me more stress. 

Somewhere along the way, many of us got the message that midlife was something to “handle.” Quietly. Alone. With grit. With green...