Your grief counselor should not die

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Your grief counselor should not die
& other random things

My father is working through some tough feelings this week after learning that the lovely person who helped him navigate the forest of his grief following my mother's unexpected passing has died. We both just look at each other like, "WTF?" Dad was so attached to this man; he says he's not sure what would have happened to him if he hadn't had a place every two weeks to put his sadness. He describes it as giving his grief into that room, into those true talks and then leaving feeling stronger. I can only think about how life continues to be even wilder than I ever imagined. Your grief counselor should not die. Send my dad some love if you have some to spare. xo

Dogs are all around me

I think we’re ready to get a dog. We miss Prem so very much and have been absolutely hit with puppy fever. We want a puppy. What dogs do you love? Remind me how hard it is again…

Menopause is hot

It was so taboo just a bit ago. No one really talked about it, and my mother is dead, so I didn't get the lowdown. My doctors have never really given me much information until I recently started asking. I wrote about perimenopause here and have lots of feelings about it too. I see a lot of my old "mom" blogger friends posting about it. And just as you'd expect, Gen X will save the world! I've been following the Evernow startup for the last couple of years. I love these ladies who invested and are talking about it: Gwyneth Paltrow, Carla Harris, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Demi Moore! Badass ladies.

Sowing Seeds

I bought ranunculus flower seeds. I plan on trying to start them indoors. I want to have flowers to give as bouquets to friends, especially my menopausal friends.

I wrote about my other favorite flower here.

Did you get flowers for Valentine’s Day? Do we want flowers? Should we just buy them ourselves if our partners don’t?

Books and such

Reading this I love the Met. Do you?

I would love to go see this:

Wim Wenders films are everything. Wings of Desire is my favorite.
I think I want to include it in my death plan. We can talk about this at a later date, but essentially I want to pre plan my funeral. Tres curated. I am sick of death. Let’s make it our own. As of now, I want a room with champagne and Talking Head’s This Must be the Place playing on loop along with a room where the walls have Wings of Desire projected. A dance floor. A reading room of my favorite books and a sad cuddle area with nice pillows and blankets. Judge me. Idc. I want it.

Have you seen Perfect Days? We plan on seeing it next week.

I read my friend Sarah’s Substack and blog like I used to read Vogue.
I am super into her style and beauty knowledge. She’s a total fox, too!

Sunday Supper

Sunday Supper had to be skipped in February as I was whisked away to California to visit my dear friend and paint a mural on her Airbnb guest house. You should consider staying there if you ever find yourself in Malibu. She is a dream host! The next Sunday Supper is scheduled for Sunday, March 10th. The Zoom link will be shared a few days before. The theme for this gathering is "wonder."

Look how happy I am in California:

I hope your heart is ok, that you are taking care of yourself and others.

Be back Sunday for prompts.

Ilysm

Xo

Amy