Oh my goodness of course we should have! We were very wrapped up in our family runaway time. 🙊 but we are still here today if you’re around!

The stubborn American in me got angry at what I perceived as British nonchalance. But after a few days, and after treating my symptoms at home, I realized how conditioned I’ve become to the American healthcare system. And how financially beneficial it is for Americans to see doctors so often. >>

I’m just getting over a nasty upper respiratory infection, and I got very grumpy with my wife when she told me that no matter how sick I feel, my GP probably wouldn’t take me very seriously if I’d only been sick for 3 or 4 days. They would just send me home and tell me to rest and hydrate. >>

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Start your Thanksgiving dinners with a land acknowledgment. And don’t let the tryptophan lull you into complacency. ❤️

I don’t have anything particularly groundbreaking to say. I think I just wanted to reflect into the echo chamber about how it is that we got here again. I can’t really call this country home anymore, because I don’t really recognize it anymore. And that saddens and scares me.

America has spoken loud and clear, and I’ve heard the message, and it scares me. This isn’t just about the policies that will impact us if we ever decide to live here again. It’s also about the conditions that led to that man ending up back in the White House. The vacuum into which he stepped.

It feels different, though, being here in the wake of the recent election. I am no longer comforted by the fact that Nashville is liberal. That doesn’t make it feel safer for me and my family. There is a discomfort bordering on fear lingering in the back of my mind. I am hyper-vigilant.

The thing about Nashville, aside from its country music lore and Honkytonk tourism, is that it’s a liberal city in a conservative state, and there is a surprising number of East Coast transplants who have recently decided to move here. In Nashville, you forget, sometimes, that you are in Tennessee.

When they announced they were going to move, I was upset and skeptical. New York to Nashville seemed like the biggest culture shock, especially for my grandmother, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t also have lingering fears about my family relocating to a red state.

When I moved to London, there was no logical place my parents could relocate so that they could be equally close to both of their daughters. So they moved to Nashville, and they brought my grandmother with them. At the time she was 88, and she had never lived anywhere but New York in all her life.

For context, my sister is a lawyer who specializes in combating human trafficking. She does extraordinary work, and unfortunately, there is a lot of work to be done on this issue here in Nashville. It made sense for her and for her military husband to settle here. They love their lives here.

They are the sweetest breed! Our cavvie is dumb as a door nail, but his little head is full of love in place of brains. 😅

Oof, sending you strength. And wine!

My little zoo. My toddler definitely counts because he acts like a feral animal 92% of the time 😂

Insane. I remember when they were tiny and now they’re.. actual grown up people? What?