when improv meets illness + widowhood

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You know when things are going so perfectly that you wake up each day, overwhelmed by how "right" it all feels? And you just want someone to pinch you so you know it's real life? Me neither. Subscribe below and explore my blog.

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Lessons from a sea turtle

As my mom and I walked along the beach one morning last week, I saw movement a few feet ahead. It was a baby sea turtle—a...

I said YES!*

*to an exciting new project! If you do one thing today, follow Love Per DM on Instagram! Here's why: I've written a lot about my life...

Bursting bubbles (in a good way)

I'd never heard of H Mart when I met Ramón in 2011, but it soon became an integral part of our relationship. H Mart is a Korean grocery...

Take that, Labor Day

I spent many Labor Days in the hospital in my early 20s. As the seasons began to change, my lungs would get angry, leading to a cystic...

I kissed an electric toothbrush last night

Last night I kissed an electric toothbrush as I told it goodbye. Weird, I know. Ramón got the toothbrush a few days before he was...

Not boarding

“I didn’t leave for the airport before I left for the airport.” Yes, that sentence left my mouth earlier this week. I was on the phone...

Say NO to the second arrow

I was recently leaving the library like the nerd I am. I always pull out of the parking lot slowly because the visibility isn’t great —...

Guess who's lucky?

Yesterday I started listening to a book called Conscious Luck by Gay Hendricks and Carol Kline. When I read its subtitle, "Eight Secrets...

Livin' it up at the Death Café

When I imagine a café, I picture an atmosphere teeming with energy — pleasant smells, bits of conversation and laughter, an overall sense...

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My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.

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