this is LONG DISTANCE VOICENOTES, DOING THE WORK & GRATITUDE actually. feat JESSICA WRIGHT.

i'm a big fan of voicenoting... i mean, have you met this
podcast? sending a voicenote is like the updated version of
leaving a voicemail with zero time restriction! (which, let's be
honest, can be quite problematic when you fancy yourself a
storyteller)


i met my friend jess many years ago working on canadian idol. we
rekindled our friendship in the pandemic and basically picked up
where we left off. don't you love when that happens?


but right as we started to get close again, she up and moved
across the country! being on the phone for long periods of time
with a 3 hour time difference and actual lives to live, wasn't
super realistic, so we started voicenoting just before she left.


it became this ritual between us. to share in each other's
journeys and minutia of the days. 2022 was a complete shit show
for both of us, but the one thing we knew we could rely on was
our voicenotes.


it was like a shared journal. for the ups and downs, but also for
gratitude. we wanted to be accountable.


we had no idea what it would end up being, but i can honestly say
it became a bit of a lifeline. i mean, we said it all. we lost a
lot. we were lonely, separately together. we bore witness to each
other’s struggles. we laughed, we cried, we kept going and
being thankful.


gratitude was always the connector, but life seeped in.


with special guest, my friend: @jessica.m.wright.


x.


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