Nora McInerny
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I thought maybe I'd gotten that, too, but I didn't.
I got another chapter.
And it's such a good chapter.
I love you, honey.
It's such a good chapter.
But especially at the beginning, it was like an alternate universe or one of those old choose-your-own-adventure books from the 80s where there are two parallel plot lines.
So I opened my heart to Matthew, and my brain was like,
would you like to think about Aaron?
Like the past, the present, future, like just get in there, and I did.
And all of a sudden, those two plots were unfurling at once, and falling in love with Matthew really helped me realize the enormity of what I lost when Aaron died.
And just as importantly, it helped me realize that my love for Aaron and my grief for Aaron and my love for Matthew are not opposing forces.
They're just strands to the same thread.
They're the same stuff.
What would my parents say?
I'm not special.
They had four kids.
They were like, frankly.
But I'm not.
I'm not special.
I know that.