During orientation week
of each college semester
my mother the professor
offers as life advice to
the young adult students
in her Nutrition classes
a sole tip on dating:
Find someone
who loves you
who also loves
to eat garlic;
Then, eat
a lot of garlic
together.
Because, she says:
You will both
build healthy hearts
and strong
immune systems
and perhaps
prevent cancer
— you'll definitely stink —
and you'll live
happily ever after.
Poet, writer, photographer and slightly distracted day-dreamer who muses on (gestures at everything) from the petty to the profound. On a semi-serious, fully earnest search for meaning in the mayhem. Perimenopausal, melanin-deprived, irony-enhanced recovering perfectionist Type A+ millennial woman. She balances the ever-continuing quest to Know Better/Do Better, with the distinct ego-death of parenting a smart, full-throated child who was raised to know the power of her voice. Mothering a teen means catching a side-eye in almost every interaction. Diana navigates the minutiae of everyday life through seeking the magical in the mundane. Follow along and laugh with her as the world flames out!
