Who We Become

Iโm not sure what the โrightโ way is to navigate the destruction, grief, divisiveness, fear, antisemitism, Islamophobia, loss of life, extremism, opportunism, and physical and emotional violence we are facing. Sometimes I allow myself to tune out but as part of a minority that makes up only 0.2% of the worldโs 8 billion people, I donโt have the luxury of doing that for long.
So, Iโve been reading and listening to reports from vetted and trusted sources like Ezra Kleinโs podcast that has featured Palestinian and Jewish voices. I want to learn and challenge my assumptions; stay open to and share perspectives that are new to me. I have also found and appreciated some informative articles about this nuanced and explosive conflict that friends who have checked in on me have wanted to read. Please email me if you’d like me to share some of these resources with you.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, like the world is at top pain because of what human beings have done. But human beings also do things that make it better. We can share, comfort, invite others in, allow ourselves to be vulnerable, and tell our story. Like Chicana writer Brittany Means and writer, editor, and beloved teacher, Jill Christman, both of whom joined me last month on Letโs Talk Memoir. In these conversations they reflect on their experiences surviving grave childhood trauma and their approach to writing.


Recent guests also include pitching and querying experts the Witches of Pitches: Aileen Weintraub and Megan Margulies, and Adiba Nelson who joins me to talk about writing mother-daughter relationships with nuance and humor.


You can find these interviews and all 57 episodes of Letโs Talk Memoir here.
As 2023 winds down Iโm thinking of what I want to bring to the world, what Iโll stand up for, who Iโll protect, how I will be an ally. We are not where we come from or where we live. Each of us deserves to be counted for the choices we make and who we become.
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Until December.
xo,
Ronit
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