Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! I swear, I had a lovely May note planned for you all, possibly using this nifty gadget (Thanks, SLK!). Alas, I barely wrote a blog post, and that hardly ever happens! By way of explanation. . ....
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, A text exchange between me and my college bestie broke my heart in two last week. Witnessing her strength for her three young kids, her huge job, and her entire extended family this week – while also constantly dealing with...
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, So apparently there is this thing called TikTok that I just discovered. Have you heard of it? I kid, I kid. (Though I have tried to convince my children that my phone doesn’t support games or social media, AND THEY ALMOST...
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, As the lady who used to strike up conversations with her airplane seatmates (yep, that was ME!), who once found love by chatting someone up on the F train in the East Village, who knows her UPS driver’s name, favorite snacks,...
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, This was the intended newsletter greeting, “Hello 2021! You’re actually here!” And then, as we were about to hit publish. . . As I was Zooming with a class of 100+ leaders in San Antonio on Wednesday, my phone (typically put...
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Winter is coming. The grief is real, and I keep being shocked at the lack of personal stories about the impact of the coronavirus on real people in our lives. It’s easy to crack jokes about quarantine hair and Zoom mullets (I’m...