Love her.

I just glanced at LaToya Jackson's tweet as I was scrolling down and thought for a second it was Yoko Ono in the photo. So confusing.

I just hit a year without a ring and my scar is much less noticeable, though still there if you look.

I yelled "You've got to be kidding me" out loud when I read that line.

My brain is wrestling with trying to make it both "thoroughbred horse" and "gingerbread house". Ouch.

No real words of wisdom here, just sending you internet hugs from a 37 year old who's in the same boat. Take good care of yourself in the coming days and weeks. Even if it's for the best, it can still be really, really hard.

There is a part in the book where she encounters some creepy dudes that made me feel panicky and ill until it was resolved. I do a lot of solo camping/backpacking and that fear is always in the back of my mind.

Snapple doesn't play a role in the book until she's on the trail and no longer using heroin. She even talks about how surprised she is that it becomes the thing she craves the most.

F that grad school girl. What a messed up gift.

When I was a kid we used to check out records from the library (yes, I am old), and I remember once getting a recording of Shel Silverstein reading from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only did his portrait freak me out, but his semi-manic reading of his poems was also a little unsettling.

I said elsewhere that I learned a much different interpretation of The Giving Tree, but I am 100% behind you on Horton Hatches the Egg. If I close my eyes, I can still hear my Mom reading it to me. Your story about you and your son made my eyes fill with tears.

We read quite a bit of Shel Silverstein in my house growing up, but my mom absolutely would not read The Giving Tree to us. She told us that it was a depiction of an abusive and exploitive relationship. I'm inclined to agree, but I also don't know if I can read it any other way after such a formative interpretation…

What the fresh hell? Why on earth would any rational human being think that saying mean things to someone would make them want to hang out?

Cute animals are a-ok.

Ugh. Adding "gathered" to my list of words I have grown to hate. Also included; artisinal, bespoke, foraged and curated.

What the hell? Is he in his laundry room?

I'm also taking care of my mom post-surgery and this made me lol (and then my mom asked me what I was laughing at and I had to lie). Best wishes for a speedy recovery for you mom.

Are you me? I binge watched the entirety of P&R last winter after a hard breakup. I spent much of January huddled under my blankets, drinking wine and laughing (and crying) with that show. No joke, I think if I met any of them in real life, I might cry with gratitude for getting me through those dark hours.

I love Ethiopian food. There was one in Oakland that was my go-to first date restaurant for many years.

This news made me so, so happy.