01/10/2024
Today is my mom’s 76th birthday
She died in 2009 and as the years have gone on, the loss has felt less potent and less a part of the everyday. But I still miss her every moment of every day.
She was a force
And she infused everything she did, which was a lot, with joy, creativity, and passion
We had a complicated relationship and I am pretty sure she would be shocked, amused, delighted, and proud that I became an acupuncturist after she died (she was one of that first generation of acupuncturists in the late 70s)
Grief is such a wild and dynamic thing. I wish she could know her grandchildren, and I wish she was here to help ALL OF US (which is what she did) figure out this epically complicated time we’re living through