Category: Adulthood
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Stanley
In my grandfather’s final days I witnessed many acts of unconditional love. My father, gently shaving my grandfather’s face as he lay in his hospital bed. My sister, wrapping her arms around me as I wept at the dinner table. My nana, holding my sister and I as we both wept after visiting our grandfather…
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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, the Quarantimes: Self-Care in the Time of Corona
I’d like to start this post out by acknowledging the privilege of my quarantine. I have no dependents aside from myself, I’m a white, able-bodied, cisgender person in a financial, emotional, physical and mental position that allows me to have what I imagine is quite an uncommon experience of this time. Holy moly. What a…
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Under consideration
Where do we draw the line between expectation and aspiration? How do we find it within ourselves to cling to hopes and dreams that are rooted not in reality, but in the psyche? What does it take to rectify the experiences that divide us into the camps of realistic, idealistic, optimistic and pessimistic? Why is…
Eliza Dropkin Therapy 