A Goodbye of Sorts - Empathy For the Win! #54 by Darcy Reeder
Well, it's actually more of a "See ya later."
Weekly Newsletter #54
Today I noticed I was working on my 54th newsletter. So I’ve been sending these newsletters out for over a year! Rain or shine, I’ve sent these out basically on time practically every week.
And now I want a break.
When I made the choice to full-on focus on pandemic parenting and let my writing career take a break, I didn’t know how long that break would be. None of us had any clue what this would be like. So I kept this newsletter up, so we could keep in touch. Yes, with regular life, but mostly as a way to keep you all connected to Darcy Reeder the Writer.
Today I’m being honest with myself. The soonest my kid will be back in school is September 2021. And who even knows about that.
I don’t want to keep dangling little threads of my writing out there in the hopes you won’t forget me. I’m still here. And I know, when I’m ready, and when I feel I have the time, I can come back to my career, and you will be right back with me.
I’m taking a break from this newsletter.
If I somehow find the time to publish something on Medium, I’ll still use the newsletter to share it, but I’m not putting any expectations on myself.
As silly as it sounds, I want to prioritize lazy stuff right now. When I have a free moment, I want to use it to devour a book, or binge some show that’s been on my list since forever.
I need to quit feeling like a failure for not publishing, because clearly publishing doesn’t fit in my life right now, and that’s okay.
I still write in my mind, and occasionally in my journal. The ideas are all still here, and I know they’ll be there for me next year too, or whenever it is I’m ready to receive them again.
My writing’s still there. Lots of it.
And I’d still love if you’d read it sometimes, or share it.
https://darcyreeder.medium.com/
But I’m gonna quit begging you to.
My kid is amazing!
Some of you only read this newsletter because my kid’s so awesome. I’ll keep sharing updates about her on my facebook.
But one last thing I want to share here: Tzivia’s been studying climate change—The book The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge is a great introduction, and you can probably find it at your library. She gets it, and she makes me want to do better, to make sure we old(ish) folks don’t keep messing up the Earth for the generations to come.
She told me she wishes she was a bunny. “Bunnies would never mess up the Earth like humans have.”
I agree with her. Definitely. But I also made sure to tell her some things I specifically love about being human: Written communication’s at the top of my list.
During Party School today, I’m going to show her this video. I hope you’ll watch it too.
Let’s create a wonderful future together, a future of beauty, balance, justice, and empathy. Thanks for reading. xo
Thanks for reading, friends! I seriously appreciate all your reads, claps—you can clap up to 50 times per piece—highlights, comments, and shares.
I’m on a hiatus from publishing on Medium right now while I full-time pandemic-parent and homeschool my kiddo. But all of my old writing continues to earn money when Medium members read it. Please share my writing on Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere else you’d like!
Love,
Darcy