1. the cheryl strayed timeline

    On January 13 I read “The Love of my Life.”

    Obsessed over it.

    Shared it.

    Had to read more of what that author was writing.

    Found out she had a book coming out in March and marked it “to-read” in my Goodreads.

    One month and a day later my writer came out as another kind of writer, so I started reading her there too.

    One month after that, I read her book and couldn’t stop recommending it to everyone.

    A couple months after that, Oprah did the same.

    And now I’m meeting her tonight (Cheryl Strayed, not Oprah).