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Thin Skin

Real LifeJena SchwartzJune 2, 2022Memoir, memoir, Memory, memory, women's bodies, birth, eating disorder, body image Comments

One Heart Is Enough

I assumed my life would basically look like the life I had growing up.

Real Life, LGBTQIA+Jena SchwartzApril 14, 2022family, family history, memoir, Marriage, marriage, remarriage, Codependence, Healing, healing, self-inquiry Comment

Family Meeting

"Here's what you need to know," my father began.

PoetryJena SchwartzNovember 19, 2019poetry, poem, poems, family, memoir, family historyComment

All the Way Here

Why bother writing if you’re not writing something? It’s a fair question.

Real LifeJena SchwartzNovember 5, 2019writing practice, writing, memory, Susan Straight, piano lessons, In the Country of Women, memoir, Mindfulness, Memory Comments

Loneliness and the Really Tiny Gang

We might still be alone in some ways, but alone is not the same as isolated. Alone is not the same as hiding. Alone is not the same as lonely.

ObservationsJena SchwartzMarch 18, 2019Memory, loneliness, teenagers, walking, writing practice, Being present, bulimia, addiction, friendship, growing up, memoir Comments