In the Stillness of Being Alive
I t has been a week since I've lived apart from my family. I have made many discoveries about myself. A few include that I really am an introvert, that I don't miss the high visibility of being my husband's partner in his very public work as an academic administrator, from provost to president to executive director, my life has been under a microscope for the past twenty-two years in intensive ways that take a toll on an introvert. So, for now, I will say that I am relishing the relative anonymity of live in this Green Mountain State. If I wanted to, I could go out without makeup and no one is clenching their pearls! Other things I've discovered about myself is that I am an orderly neat person. Well, I always was, but it is different when you are living in shared space and a lot of your day is either telling someone to pick up something or doing it yourself. There are joyous parts of sharing space and the realization that in doing that, there is some labor involved in...
