Thank you for this! I cried and want to send this to so many people I know. Thank you.
On another note - I wish I could send you to my doctor in Germany - she told me that HRT is "Replacement Therapy". That means we have this hormone the whole time and with a correct dosage, the cancer risk isn't any higher than before. It's amazing what up-to-date research can do for everyone!
I want this world where French toast for the table is a thing that happens every morning, and clothing that says it’s tagless means it’s actually tagless. Not tagless at the neck but then sewn into the bottom seam is a stuff tag that rivals the length of a CVS receipt. wtf man.
There’s a world of things in this essay that need saying and for the life of me I can’t figure out how you weave it all together so beautifully, but then I remember you’re just magic. And your heart is ginormous magic. And then I remember. Thank you for how hard you work at putting words to our collective distress. You make it better. 🫶🏻
Ally, thank you for writing about hard stuff, and telling your stories with such truth. I have lots of thoughts about what you’ve written here — too many for a coherent comment. I just wanted to say thank you and I’m sad you were hurt as an innocent child. I too aspire for a better world and feel like together we can create it.
Ally, I could write about 15 stories based on everything you covered here. I will say that you will survive menopause and your sanity that it tries to take from you does return. I saw a meme the other day that said if a portal opened up in front of me I would walk right through no questions asked. That pretty much describes where I am at. We are escaping for a short trip next week to celebrate my 70th birthday. I'm longing for uninterrupted sleep without nightmares and I will try not to look at the cameras aimed at my cat children while we are gone too many times a day. Hugs!
Thank you for this! I cried and want to send this to so many people I know. Thank you.
On another note - I wish I could send you to my doctor in Germany - she told me that HRT is "Replacement Therapy". That means we have this hormone the whole time and with a correct dosage, the cancer risk isn't any higher than before. It's amazing what up-to-date research can do for everyone!
Mmm…beautiful and wise, as always. Thank you for this.
I want this world where French toast for the table is a thing that happens every morning, and clothing that says it’s tagless means it’s actually tagless. Not tagless at the neck but then sewn into the bottom seam is a stuff tag that rivals the length of a CVS receipt. wtf man.
There’s a world of things in this essay that need saying and for the life of me I can’t figure out how you weave it all together so beautifully, but then I remember you’re just magic. And your heart is ginormous magic. And then I remember. Thank you for how hard you work at putting words to our collective distress. You make it better. 🫶🏻
Thank you, Ally. ❤️
Ally, thank you for writing about hard stuff, and telling your stories with such truth. I have lots of thoughts about what you’ve written here — too many for a coherent comment. I just wanted to say thank you and I’m sad you were hurt as an innocent child. I too aspire for a better world and feel like together we can create it.
Great story. Glad you got some help.
I really love your writing. Sending you hugs.
Ally, I could write about 15 stories based on everything you covered here. I will say that you will survive menopause and your sanity that it tries to take from you does return. I saw a meme the other day that said if a portal opened up in front of me I would walk right through no questions asked. That pretty much describes where I am at. We are escaping for a short trip next week to celebrate my 70th birthday. I'm longing for uninterrupted sleep without nightmares and I will try not to look at the cameras aimed at my cat children while we are gone too many times a day. Hugs!