This quote exemplifies the struggle for so many of us. Leading an authentic life means being yourself. Even when it isn’t the popular or accepted position.
“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight- and never stop fighting.” — e.e.cummings
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
I ran across this quote the other day…it is so true!
I have always felt out of sync with everybody else, maybe that’s okay or as my Auntie Gwen would say, “You are an original, embrace it.”
Nice 🙂