Author: laurajoycedavis

Dear 2020,

We need to break up. I know you’ve probably been expecting this ever since Christmas, when I stopped returning your … More

Delight

In a year where it feels like the only constant is change, I’ve thought a lot about how to not … More

What We Can Do

“I think frankly, our biggest enemy is giving up, saying, ‘well, this is just going to happen. There’s nothing we … More

The Breakdown

Gratitude is good. But sometimes it’s not enough . Every morning for the past couple of months, I’ve gotten up … More

Standing in the Gap

Everywhere you look, there’s a lot of fear about where we are now and what’s ahead. So for the past … More

Facing the Mob

I didn’t think the day could get any worse.  In the span of 24 hours, we’d said goodbye to the … More

In the Boat

Most of the time we don’t even realize what we expect of our friends until a particular situation reveals it.