I am six years old. The bathtub is full of mediocre bubbles. I am on my back and my hair is floating around my head like so much kelp in the water. The ceiling straight above me has an aging water stain from the ice storm the year before. I stay there until the water […]
I’m Done With Distracted Living
by on January 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
How can I become a student of silence when my husband and I can’t communicate until the three children splay out in strange formations in their beds at night? When my brain turns to mush at 8pm and all I want to do is read or watch TV? Thudding feet find me before 6am, though […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Postpartum Depression
by on December 19, 2018 1 Comment
[TRIGGER WARNING: Content mentions depression.] “It would be better if I wasn’t here.” “I’m a terrible mother.” “It would be better for my kids if I wasn’t around.” These were the thoughts that flooded Megan Gahan’s mind when she suffered postpartum depression. Longtime SheLovelys will know monthly contributor and former submissions editor Megan Gahan. Megan […]
Comedic Depression
by on December 6, 2018 1 Comment
I have friends who know how to reach out. They are the wise souls who text their sister, source Facebook for uplifting book suggestions and get out of the house when they’re in the trenches. They say “yes” when invited out, exchanging tattered sweats for jeans, knowing it’ll do them good. Unfortunately, these profoundly healthy […]
How Remembering Reorients Us
by on November 21, 2018 4 Comments
The first year I moved to the U.S., my parents and I wandered through the grocery store on Thanksgiving day and asked the man working behind the deli counter if we could buy a turkey. The man pointed to the sliced turkey meat on the side. My parents clarified, “We are looking for the whole […]
