Something a little different landing in your inbox today.
I want to try something new. At the end of each month, we’ll trade in the usual format for something looser. No three picks. Just a look back at what we read together, what I was personally into, and what life actually looked like on my end while I was writing to you.
I'm calling it the Monthly Edit. Think of it as the issue where I stop being the editor and just talk to you.
Here's May.
May was a lot. The good kind, mostly, but still a lot.
We drove to North Carolina (with the dog) to celebrate my middle daughter completing her first year of law school. The boys played golf. The girls went to the spa. Came home and had a perfect, quiet Mother's Day — brunch with my husband and an afternoon shooting pool at a cool bar in Fishtown. Got back in the car, headed north, and watched my son walk across a stage and graduate from college. Fit in four padel league matches, a few with white-knuckling tiebreakers I will not elaborate on. Finally made it to the beach for the first weekend of the season.
I'm writing this fighting a cold, a little tired, and 100% grateful.
Here's what happened at Bloom. while all of that was going on.
The Issues Worth Going Back To.
Articles you clicked on most this month
She changed careers in her 50s. Not because she had to. Because she finally could. Read
She told her kids she was an alcoholic. What happened in that room changed everything. Read
The divorce nobody plans for. The one that turned out to be the beginning. Read
The friendship that surprised her most had a 30-year age gap. Read
The kids don't need you the same way anymore. So now what? Read
She had the big job. Then she was fired. What came next surprised her more than anyone. Read
An Essay I’m Glad I Finally Wrote.
I'm Done With the Uniform Catholic school plaid, sideline Trish, influencer-adjacent Trish, and the vintage cardigan with Dorinda's name on the sleeve. On finally figuring out what I actually want to wear and why it took this long.
Things Worth Knowing About.
The eye patches I put on every morning while I stand on the vibration plate and pretend I have a routine. They work.
The sneakers I’ve worn in May more than anything else I own. THE most clicked on link all month. Apparently I’m not the only one loving comfy shoes.
June is going to be slower. That's the plan and I'm holding to it.
See you there.
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