12 truths I learned from life and writing | Anne Lamott
A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional...
========== My seven-year-old grandson
sleeps just down the hall from me, and he wakes up a lot of mornings and he says, "You know, this could be
the best day ever." And other times,
in the middle of the night, he calls out in a tremulous voice, "Nana, will you ever get sick and die?" I think this pretty much says it for me
and most of the people I know, that we're a mixed grill
of happy anticipation and dread. So I sat down a few days
before my 61st birthday, and I decided to compile a list
of everything I know for sure. There's so little truth
in the popular culture, and it's good to be sure of a few things. For instance, I am no longer 47, although this is the age I feel, and the age I like to think
of myself as being. My ...