‘I Just Need a Mother!’

Instead of feeling ashamed of your loneliness and longing, you need to learn to give yourself exactly what you need.

The Suffering of Sappho (1952), Jane Graverol

Hey Polly,

Long time reader, sometimes writer. I appreciate that your letters have always given me a space for my neurotic little pigeon brain to reflect on what makes me so spiky, interesting, and ultimately loved. Just today I was on a calm-down walk thinking to myself “Don’t let the pigeon ride the bus!” It…