This episode is especially tender for me. I’m sitting down with my mom to talk about her experience reading my latest book — the nonfiction book I was honestly terrified for her to read — and the conversations that unfolded because of it. We talk about fear, honesty, love, and all the things that finally had room to be said.
We also talk about the moment she came to my rescue after my near-fatal car accident, and how that care opened the door to a conversation that felt like a gift — unexpected, healing, and rare.
Not long after we recorded this, my mom had a series of serious falls and injuries, and I got to drop everything and fly to be with her, to care for her the way she once cared for me. In that way, the story came full circle — quietly, beautifully.
This episode is a reminder that tragedy often arrives carrying life’s greatest gifts, and these have a way of queering time, roles, and expectations — if we let them.
