Bridges
In the last three months, I have lived in three different places within the same city. And in a month's time, I'll be traveling across the country to live on the west coast for three more months. And then... who knows where I'll be! It's enough to make your head spin. Mine certainly has been in constant rotation this whole summer. I feel rootless, dizzy and a bit breathless. But there seems to be a consistent pattern of time when I feel the most grounded, content and grateful. This summer has been a string of moments of me thinking back on one of the many versions of my past selves. I think things like: "my past self would really love this" or "my past self would not believe all I've been through" or "my past self would be in awe of me right now." Each of these past selves - let's call them "Bridges" - live in a different time of my life, and I like to think come to peek into my current life when I'm doing something I...