I love this picture and I love how JM's family has made me part of their tribe. This was taken at Christmas, in Pagnol country. I love their default attitude: if JM loves her, she must be made of good. Fitting into another family is never an easy dovetail for me, coming from a home where love, respect and nurturing were not part of any household ( Read more... )

The view from my new office. It's snowing today which I wasn't prepared for so early in the season, but still...I'm loving my new city ( Read more... )

The clinic called and told me I must arrive tomorrow morning, 7:15, having done my Betadine shower and having fasted since midnight tonight. I'm a little confused about why I must shower prior to arriving, since I'll be taking public transport to the clinic which is basically a germ-filled petri dish on wheels. Whatever. Perhaps I re-shower in ( Read more... )

In the Big News Department: JM is taking me to meet his parents in June.

Of course I'm kind of nervous about this--I really really really want them to like me--but JM assures me they already like me. (I think they love their son so much that they would love anyone he loves.) But you know, it's his parents.I'm really curious to see how he ( Read more... )

I'm not someone who has strong feelings about plastic surgery. The only time I ever think about this is when I see a celebrity who has done some very obvious work and then I'm all "who are they kidding?" I don't think I'll ever do anything to my face--including Botox--but that is something I can say from my perch of genetic privilege. My mom had ( Read more... )

I was transferring information from my 2018 agenda to my 2019 agenda. I'm talking paper agenda. That's right. I'm old school. Or just plain old. Whatever. Each January I pencil in the upcoming year's birthdays, and prompts for when I need to schedule dental, gynecological and other routine exams.

As I reviewed 2018, the phrase A Grand Year ( Read more... )

I'm in Lyon and my heart is full. And not wonky, so that's good. I wanted to note some of the wonderful, love-sourced acts JM has done/is doing to make this visit just...both normal and surreal. (Surreal for me who is not used to being cared for ( Read more... )

Committment is no longer done with a promise and a ring, but at the lab, getting matching blood draws.

Today marks six months since I was freed from my relationship with Phil ( Read more... )

I will sit across from you at this ( Read more... )