Hello hello,
Happy August – I cannot believe school starts tomorrow. It still feels like the middle of summer, but I also know not to trust my sense of time anymore. Days can feel like weeks and yet months fly by like hours. Despite this warped sense of time, there are so many things I’m currently jazzed about – I’m still obsessed with Leon Bridges, High on the Hog got picked up for a second season (!), and How the Word Is Passed (by Clint Smith) is seriously rocking my world.
We’re slowly moving into a new house, and in the meantime, we are living in a 2 bedroom apartment which we LOVE. If you want a snapshot of our move, picture sloths moving into a new house. We unpack a couple boxes and then retreat back to the apartment to swim in the pool. My husband and I have pinpointed why we’re obsessed with this apartment, and here are the reasons:
- It feels like vacation
- There’s no decision fatigue (i.e. we just have white dishes, white towels, and we wear the same clothes from our suitcases day after day)
- Cleaning the space is quick and easy
I’m in denial that I’ll ever have to leave this place. I fully acknowledge this is the most privileged way to move on the face of the earth. We’re able to take an extremely stressful situation and slow the whole process down. I’m eternally grateful for this privilege, and I totally own it.
Moving on, I really learned a lot from Ashley C. Ford’ book Somebody’s Daughter, and here’s a conversation she had with the Codeswitch Podcast recently: Ashley C. Ford On ‘Somebody’s Daughter’, Forgiveness And Freedom : Code Switch : NPR
#blacklivesmatter #courageousconversations #powertoprivilege
Be well,
Jessica