Parenting reality check: when your kid calls you out for being absent, you’re too tired to be a better person, and you just want to hide upstairs forever.
My heart was like, “JIN CONCERTS! ROAD TRIPS! ALL THE SOCIALIZING!” and my body was like, “Ma’am, we are not equipped for this level of enthusiasm.”
Staying up until 4:30am researching iconic performances (for book research, obviously), longing for the certainty of my Christian days, and wondering how I’m supposed to live my life when BTS won’t stay in Korea.
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Processing Trump’s second term, finding valid space for fear and grief, while seeking joy through connection and community as a form of resistance and survival.
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