Update from Marlo: Here be dragons
Added 2019-05-13 17:22:45 +0000 UTCDear friends,
I wanted to check in with an update, as it’s been a fairly long stretch since you’ve heard anything from me. First and foremost: My kiddo is doing GREAT. So far, she’s told a handful of friends at her new school that she’s trans, and thus far they (and their parents, whom I spoke with) have been kind, supportive, and respectful of our request that they keep this information to themselves.
She was elected class representative by her fellow fifth-graders, is enjoying her piano lessons (she’s getting pretty good!), and, to her mother’s delight, seems to be growing up pretty slow. While traces of tweenhood are appearing (more eye rolls, more mood swings, and my jokes are progressively less funny), her favorite activities still revolve around the world of imagination. At this moment she is in the backyard with two of her best friends, befriending elves and fighting dragons.
Her mom is OK, too, but is struggling, coping with a family crisis that has brought me to my knees. I’m battling my own dragons: Life’s inevitable losses, the grief that follows, the fire-breathing fear that keeps us up at night, the facing of painful truths that cut you down before they set you free. I am deep in the woods of life. It is not an easy place to be, but it is the only place worth being. And I believe it’s the only place we grow.
For now, battling dragons needs to take precedence over producing podcasts. I don’t know when I’ll arrive at the next clearing and have the energy to tell more of our tales. It could be tomorrow, it could be in a month. I just don’t know.
I want to thank you for hanging in there with me, for your generous support, and for your beautiful emails sharing your stories with me. It is an honor to read them. If you don’t get a reply, please know that I’m sending my love and that I’m with you on this bumpy, beautiful quest, always.
Stay strong. Be kind to yourself. I’ll be back again when I can.
Big huge hugs,
Marlo
Comments
Thank you for the quick update. You and your daughter have been on my mind lately. I was worried about you all I’m glad to hear all is well with your daughter. Sending good thoughts your way to support you in whatever you are going through. This community supports you. We will be here whenever you are ready.
Terri Noftsger
2019-05-24 21:17:14 +0000 UTCPlease take a break if you need it; there's a reason that they tell you to put your own air mask on first on the airplane. But: if you ever need to make a quick 30 second episode of just you reading off the above entry, I would have no regrets paying for it like any other episode.
Scott G
2019-05-23 19:43:55 +0000 UTCThanks for your update. it's gratifying to know your daughter's doing so well. Best wishes for dealing with your other dragons! Game of Thrones comes to mind...it's good to have some escape time, whatever way you choose.
CEH
2019-05-14 02:55:44 +0000 UTCI am with you, Marlo. Through the ups and downs, the one humanity we all share. I'm going through a lot as well - very different stuff, but battling dragons no less. This is a little story I heard from the show "Ozark" on Netflix that I've been repeating in my head: There was a French writer long time ago. He was old for those days, and very sick... lungs and tickers all going and he was stuck in bed. This guy's a loner all his life, but he tells the lady who takes care of him that he wants to see his friends, say goodbye. So she sends word, all his friends come to his little hovel, gather around his deathbed, telling stories. And you know what happens? He doesn't die. And then after a couple of days, the friends, well, they leave. They have lives. And then, he dies. Sad, but sweet. Because when you think you're going to die yesterday, today is sweet. So, hang in, Wendy. Lose your shit tomorrow. Today is no day to fall apart.
Rona So
2019-05-13 18:22:58 +0000 UTC<3
Hampus Jakobsson
2019-05-13 18:16:38 +0000 UTCSending love and light and a hope for a clearing of the woods soon. Take care of you..
Michelle Smith
2019-05-13 18:02:04 +0000 UTCThinking of you and your family. Take care.
Tara
2019-05-13 17:39:50 +0000 UTCsending you lots of love ♡ thanks for the update!
Haeden
2019-05-13 17:25:31 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself and your family, Marlo. We'll be here.
Terra the Lioness
2019-05-13 17:24:55 +0000 UTC
