Needless to say, she’s had a lot going on. Months later, she finally revealed the reason why - she is in love with her best friend (a woman), who is also dying of cancer. She ended her marriage (you know, with the Brazilian guy she meets in Bali at the end of Eat Pray Love). We now realize that this year has been one of extreme change for Liz.
I admit, I thought there was going to be some big launch party where I could wear a fancy dress and drink champagne and get a few minutes to chat with Liz and take a picture. Some of the other contributors, who’ve gotten together via a Facebook group, were a little perturbed we had not gotten to meet Liz, nor had an event specifically for the book. The book was a compilation of stories from readers/writers/humans who were inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love, and were selected by Liz herself along with editors at her publisher, Riverhead Books. Many of you may know that I had the honor of being included in the anthology Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir, which was published at the end of March. Happy Thanksgiving. Love and peace to all.
#Simply being mommy blog how to
When I’ve figured out how to write about it again. When I’ve figured out how to parent with such an altered state of mind, in such an altered state. So I’m just not going to engage at all, and come back when I’ve figured out my own head. But now is not the time for kitten memes or business as usual or agreeing to disagree. So I just can’t write about the usual, everyday, first-world stuff here right now. I can’t even really stand to look at Facebook now because everyone is just carrying on planning their birthday parties and Christmas gifts and asking about car seats and poop and honestly I just don’t have it in me.
Isn’t that what writers do? I know now is not the time to bury my head in the sand. I know I should probably be using my voice to speak out. I don’t want to feel scared that something I write is going to attract the wrong kind of attention. I don’t want to lose friends and readers. And I honestly don’t have it in me right now to rehash everything with people who just can’t be argued with.
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