Beforetimes
The Plunge
Emily, my current-but-soon-to-be-former boss at the yoga studio where I work, pulls up in front of my house and sends me a text, “Here!” I
August 23, 2026
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Beforetimes
I Did That
I turn and let the shower water hit my shoulders, my back. I reach up and wipe my eyes, puffy from two days of crying.
July 24, 2026
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Beforetimes
Not Done Loving
I can’t remember the last time I missed a minute of the Super Bowl, but here I am on this particularly freezing second Sunday in
July 12, 2026
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Beforetimes
The Incidents
I’m sitting at a two-top table at a Mexican restaurant in Charlottesville, Virginia with my co-worker Ben, housing chips and guac while he tells me
May 24, 2026
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Beforetimes
The Kind of Small
I’m ten. Maybe eleven. I’m sitting at our family computer—a Macintosh SE. It has smiley faces and lives in our family room. I am attending
May 3, 2026
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Beforetimes
Over or Under
Though it’s pitch black out and it’s been fifteen years since I’ve driven US Highway 158, my body remembers the rhythm of the road. Which
April 6, 2026
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Beforetimes
My Unlikely Friend
My best friend asked me if I remembered coming out of anesthesia for my breast surgery. I do. I remember the nurses talking about travel.
March 16, 2026
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Beforetimes
Beforetimes: Job Interviews
My friend Micah was in town and came over last night. We were catching up on many things, including how f’ing hard it’s been to
March 8, 2026
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Beforetimes
boots on broadway
February 23, 2026 Fourteen days post-op — boots on broadway If you had told me one week ago that I would feel like this— energized,
February 23, 2026
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