I was let go from my job of almost 20 years due to Covid-19 – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Two Fridays ago - April 24th, 2020 - I got an invite on my office email that simply said, "catch up call with Katy" and then an HR person I had never even heard of let me know that my position had been eliminated and my last day would be April 30th. She gave me …

Here’s to doing the next right thing even in a Global Pandemic

Just a few days ago everything seemed normal. I mean far more normal than it does now. Now everyone is too close in the shows I’m watching. Nobody obsessively washes their hands in the books I’m reading. All pop culture seems unimportant and simple. Light. We are living in the heavy and so we have …

The Joy and Ferocity of Recovering Womanhood

My kid brought me this lego figure recently and said, "mama, this looks just like you" and I was simultaneously flattered and a bit concerned because I mean, look at this face... But in his sweetness he proudly said, "because you are so strong and she has short hair like you". I grabbed him and …