prior authorizations from insurance companies should be illegal. These decisions should be between a doctor and patient.
And maybe the people we vote for should make this a thing that happens.

I love how the first thing everyone does after an earthquake is to go on social media and ask if there was an earthquake.

My dog eats the same exact meal twice a day every day, and greets mealtime enthusiastically, and I always have to decide what's for dinner and maybe we are doing it all wrong.

No one pronounces my name correctly, even when I introduce myself and they repeat it. I don't usually correct people but then it gets awkward when we become friends and they still don't know my name.

Advocating for your healthcare or a loved one can come with a price. I learned the hard way that HCP, administrators and staff all have access to your phone number, address, and even SS number and if you try to advocate, someone can (and did) use that info to do harm.

I love how men can walk into any barber shop anywhere and just cut their hair and women need forty recommendations, appointments 4 months in advance and a signed affidavit promising it will all be ok

Is your teenager even home for spring break if there isn’t a pile of questionable laundry on the floor and all the lights in the house are actually off

Read this beautiful piece by Lauren DePino on grief.

We don't really talk about the anticipatory grief of your kid leaving again after a holiday visit. He's here for a few more days and I already miss him.

Me: I cut my finger chopping veggies.

My mom: OMG my friend Jill cut her finger and it turned blue and they had to take it off, sewed it back and then a tiger ate her entire hand week later but you'll be fine.

Me: calls therapist

The thing I love the most about my son being home is that I get to call ok scream his name from six rooms away and he gets to ignore me like he's still 3500 miles away.

Sometimes I'll be sitting here doing my thing and suddenly I think of this great churro place in Madrid with the best chocolate churro dipping sauce that we went to around midnight every night and it was packed with people.

If I had a dollar for every time I had to say to a man in healthcare, 'excuse me I'm speaking please don't interrupt,' I might have enough money to actually afford the healthcare they are providing.

So it turns out we have a cat but apparently I’m the only one who ever sees it and I know how that sounds but it’s true

Anyone else feel like a potato today. I just want to potato. Please give me permission.

All those years of making my mother stay up late waiting for me to get home is finally catching up to me. It’s 1:00 am here and my
kid is 6 hours ahead and still out partying

I’m simultaneously shocked and not shocked that this happens so often.

I love that two years later Knocked Down is still getting so much love. And now the audio recording, recorded by yours truly is 60% off! Check it out. If you miss me you can hear my voice for all these pages and ten whole hours! audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

I want to personally thank What's App because sometimes those little blue double check marks are the only evidence that my son is alive and reading my texts.

My super power is to always end up sitting next to the sickest person on the bus, train and plane .