You're Here to Hold You
Amy Botula (she/her)Dispatches from the intersection of love and grief - otherwise known as Midlife. Music, food, pop culture, dead parents, aging bodies, and a great love story.
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I’m back to watching SVU. I tried to stop, I don’t want the stories piling up in my subconscious. But still, I know some seasons inside and out - it’s a series that’s played in the background for years.
I used to tell myself I watched beca...
Two quick memories
Content warning: Sexual assault
If you’ve opened this hoping for something insightful, it’s not here.
Instead, I have two memories: One just from yesterday and one from college, a very long time ago.
Yesterday, at a fundraising event, th...
Scrambled eggs, my Poppy, and me
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I needed a break after the intensity of last week’s piece - though it did brin...
Seeking freedom from other people’s stories
I started writing this piece two weeks ago, the afternoon I arrived in Brooklyn. It was going to be how different my body feels being there, being on vacation, being in constant motion. Adding in something honoring Dolly Parton and her deft...
I don’t know how to break up with work
My neighbors put an old recliner at the end of their driveway over a week ago. Taped to it is a sign assuring passersby that it works - they just don’t want it anymore.
At the end of our street is a dog park. Daily, there’s foot and car tr...
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Advocate, teacher. Words in Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Former FoodNerd and comics reviewer. Recovering problem-solver.
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