I do not understand how this comment thread isn't FLOODED!!! Tarzan!!! This essay is a masterclass on how to write memoir and perhaps even on how to write erotica! Your ability to find words to the things that swirl around in our hearts and melt our guts is unparalled. I must have read this essay 3x before I could quote it because it seared itself into my brain.
Your courage. Your courage not only in going for what you want, but then sharing the story of you doing it. Your courage in facing not just the challenge of the thing, but the challenge of all the emotions the thing brings out in you. Your courage in finding the words to express it all - though perhaps that's more skill than courage... Oof!
Just here to say that this is one of my fave memoir essays ever and I read a LOT of them. In fact, I am telling all my own subscribers to sign up for your Substack immediately! Well done!
I do not understand how this comment thread isn't FLOODED!!! Tarzan!!! This essay is a masterclass on how to write memoir and perhaps even on how to write erotica! Your ability to find words to the things that swirl around in our hearts and melt our guts is unparalled. I must have read this essay 3x before I could quote it because it seared itself into my brain.
Your courage. Your courage not only in going for what you want, but then sharing the story of you doing it. Your courage in facing not just the challenge of the thing, but the challenge of all the emotions the thing brings out in you. Your courage in finding the words to express it all - though perhaps that's more skill than courage... Oof!
Just here to say that this is one of my fave memoir essays ever and I read a LOT of them. In fact, I am telling all my own subscribers to sign up for your Substack immediately! Well done!
Beautifully (tenderly, even) expressed. Thank you for sharing this <3