Happy Friday, friends! Just as a friendly reminder: Lil Treasures is on a working vacation while I work on some projects and transition to summer. I want to thank you again for your patience and I’m hoping soon we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming. Until then, please enjoy this edition of the newsletter and all the joy to be found in the comments! - Erin
✏️ My kids finished school this week and it’s officially summer in the Moon household! My oldest is somehow now a middle schooler and I’m still in my feelings about it. It has been quite a year for my kids, navigating new challenges like wearing masks for 8 hours a day and a flip-flopping between virtual and in-person learning more times than I can count. I’m so proud of their resiliency. This sweet liturgy by Little Way Chapel for the end of a school year is helping me process the transition of this weird year + the beginning of summer.
💟 This past Wednesday was the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. I came across this article in Vogue this week about an exhibit at the New Museum in New York called “Grief and Grieving: Art and Mourning in America”, specifically addressing black grief. The article serves as a great reminder of the importance of grieving and has also encouraged me to re-assess the part I’m playing in grieving with and alongside my brothers and sisters of color. (Also, if you live in New York, please go visit this exhibit!)
📕 My friend Taylor Schumann, a writer and school shooting survivor, is releasing a book about her story and the realities of gun violence this summer. Taylor is one of my favorite internet follows and always has wise things to say - so I can’t wait to see the way her words unfold in those pages. The book releases July 20th, but you can preorder your copy here! I know I keep mentioning this but I really think this book is so important!
🎧 Guys this flawless remix of Burn (Hamilton) with Traitor (Olivia Rodrigo) is on repeat for me today. Also we’re all listening to Sour, yes?
🤘 I’m in a punk rock phase I guess - last week the newsletter featured a punk rock nun, and today we will focus on three punk rock teen girls shredding to their new song “Racist, Sexist Boy” in a library. Y’all the Linda Linda’s are my new favorite band! Also - the cherry on top of this story - they got signed to a record label! So proud 👏
Alright pals. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you in the comments! ❤️
I've spent the whole week trying to recover from a fall down my porch steps on Monday. We've had a lot of rain here recently (every weekend for 3 or 4 weeks, which was great to start with but now I'm over it) and I slipped on the wet steps and landed HARD. I played soccer for many years of my youth and work with animals, some much bigger than me, for a living and have never had the wind knocked out of me so hard in my entire life. It was a pretty scary couple of minutes lying on the ground trying to find the on switch to the ol' breathing apparatus and figure out how broken I actually was. I spent most of Monday lying on the couch (at least I got out of the staff meeting) and definitely should have taken Tuesday off, but the soreness has gotten a little better every and I think I'm no worse for wear.
I had the kind of day where I could not focus on anything for more than 30 seconds, partly because Friday and largely because we had a building full of little yappy dogs which are like a jackhammer in my brain.
Putting in my notice at work initially was a huge relief, and I'm still glad to have the light at the end of the tunnel, but the anxiety about what's next is starting to creep in. Will I be able to find what I want where I want it? Will I be ok if I don't? Through a winding road of circumstances, I've never had to do much in the way of interviewing (college, scholarships, jobs, whatever), so it's a skill I've never really developed and I constantly feel like I'm on the back foot now that I have a big kid career. Basically, any job/life transition tips welcome.
My rose of Sharon is going bananas and I saw a hummingbird this evening. I think the winter storm pushed spring and summer back a bit this year and I'm so thankful for the prolonged spring and delayed hellish heat.
Hey hey!! So it’s been a DAY and a week, but I made it. And WE made it!! Pats on the back or glasses of vino all around if that’s your thing!
Survived a week of solo parenting two kids with two different school drop off and pick up times 🙄 while keeping a newly re-homed dog and kitten alive and working full time, so go me!
We also have 3 more weeks of school and while it stinks, it is sort of nice to only have to plan for 6 weeks of summer childcare. Always try to be glass half full.
Treasure: I asked for what I needed - an office, because working from home for the last two years has made me crazy! - and they said yes!! 🙌🏼 Very excited to create some better boundaries.
Very grateful for the long weekend, weeks where we get to skip Monday are my favorite! Hope all of you get at least some of the rest that I know we all need!