Relief

Art and literature have given so many people the relief of feeling connected - pulled us out of isolation.

~ Adrienne Rich

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People ask me if I'd like my image on some sort of relief in some grand building somewhere in the world. 

I used to say, "No, thank you." 

Now, I think it might be nice to have people say, "Michelle Boettcher - what a relief!"

Well, if they meant that it was a relief that I had lived and done amazing things. Not so much if they meant it was a relief I was dead. Seriously, what did I ever do to those people?!