Exploring what exists in the middleโof parenting, of health, of life. Fifteen years into raising a child with severe epilepsy, I am always looking for the both-ness: the many ways we end up a sum of our best luck and most challenging experiences.
Jen Murphy Parker is a writer living in the bay area with her husband, 4 kids and 0 dogs. Her family had a fish that seemed neglect-proof, but it died. Please don't tell her youngest.
The number of free subscribers for Painting the Golden Gate over time since it was added to the directory.
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A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dearโfrom the poet, not the dame
Conversations with the greatest writers alive โ on craft, courage, and staying heart-centered in a hard world. Plus my own essays from the beautiful, difficult middle of it all. Part interview series, part at-home MFA.