The Tightness Is Still Here
It’s early afternoon.
Sitting on the settee looking west.
The tightness has been there for a while now. Mid 2019 is when I started to pay more attention to its presence.
There are moments when I notice it less. However, it is ever present.
It is not restrictive, but a reminder that to breathe in this country— in this body— is to do so not with ease and joy, but with effort to find ease and joy.
Figuratively and literally.
A reminder that I breathe for myself and for all those before me and who will follow.
I suspect this tightness and I will be together for some time.
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Completed September 6, 2021
About The Author:
Jara Dean-Coffey (jdc) is Founder and Director of the Equitable Evaluation Initiative and the Founder of Luminare Group. For the past twenty-five years, she has partnered with clients and colleagues to elevate their collective understanding of the relationship between values, context, strategy and evaluation and shifting our practices so that they are more fully in service of equity. For more about musings + machinations click here.
