I mean, it seems like everything that you described as like, well, this is the thing that i base my standard of how i should be. One by one, they get checked off as ike o, that wasn't actually the reality. Part of what i learned is that oftentimes these illusions can serve us quite well. I think we see what we want to see, and we don't see things that are before our eyes. And those stories can help us and aid us and inspire us to be better versions of ourselves.
Simultaneously parenting her daughter while caring for a mom who was vanishing into dementia, Maya Shanbhag Lang, found herself reexamining nearly every part of her life, and reimagining how she wanted to tell her own story to her daughter. May's writing has been featured in The Washington Post, In Style, The Millions, and The Rumpus, among others. Her book, The Sixteenth of June was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was an Audie Award Finalist for Best Audio Book. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A passionate teacher, she loves working with aspiring writers. Her new memoir is What We Carry. (https://amzn.to/3fqyo2Q)
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