Episode 8: A Violinist, A Tech CEO, A Humanitarian - Marian, Sunny and Angela
You and Me and Everyone We Know is an audio diary made by everyday people living through the coronavirus pandemic. Listen here.
Home Sick With My Baby
Unless she wakes up in the middle of writing this, I’ve got a list. Now, the list of things I don’t get to do when I’m home with a sick kid is long. The items on that list swirl around me like a swarm of gnats. But the list I’m sharing now is a list of things that were only possible this week because I stayed home with my daughter.
I Didn't Know I Was This In Love
I didn’t know I was this in love with my husband. I know that sounds ludicrous. We’ve been married for a while. Together nearly seven years. But my god, love is strange. It’s bigger than I expected. If you can think of my little gay heart as a house, I feel like I’m on a home makeover show, and someone redid the rooms while I was gone and added a huge expansion. In fact, I think my HUSBAND did the renovation. And I’m still a little shocked, to be honest.
IT WORKED. Why Am I So Shocked?
I said in my last post that when something bad happens in the news, something that’s far away, a great place to start is to reach out to people you think might be affect by that news and tell them that you love them, without condition, without doubt. Tell them you love them. That alone is way more powerful than most people think. And then, of course, I should have known this would happen… People told me they love me.
Jussie Smollett and What To Do Right Now
Jussie Smollett, a black, gay man was attacked on his way to a Subway. Here's what you can do right now.
I Made A Podcast About Surrogacy
I created a podcast called Hope Works where surrogates tell their stories of the surrogacy journey.