Elly Lonon is author of the graphic novel Amongst the Liberal Elite, which started as a satirical column at McSweeney’s.
Elly Lonon and I became friends in a Facebook group for writer moms. (I still don’t know why they let me in because DUH not a mom.) Our friendship jumped offline and into real life, a happy circumstance for which I’m very fortunate. She and I discuss where she was emotionally when she got her gratitude lily in the mail. You can read my full essay in “The Pandemic Midlife Crisis” from the HerStories Project herstoriesproject.com
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We don’t always know when people need a boost. Social media is an illusion, a place for most users to construct the lives they wish they had. Elly juggled a lot of pandemic garbage. I knew what existed behind her smile. I timed her lily to come when I believed she needed it most. In this video, she talks about what one gratitude lily meant to her.
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About my essay
“A GARDEN OF PANDEMIC GRATITUDE LILIES”
I used origami to fight pandemic depression. My essay recounts how I thanked humans, famous and ordinary. Every day, I penned a letter of thanks, folded it into an origami lily, and mailed it. I hoped to lift a few souls, but I never expected expressions of gratitude to change me. For anyone needing inspiration to tell someone they matter – right now – before it’s too late.
About Me
Andra Watkins is the author of four books. Her memoir Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace hit the NYT bestseller list in October 2015. Her well-reviewed Nowhere trilogy targets the fiction lover. She gives rousting keynote speeches and has yet to meet a destination she doesn’t like. GET HER BOOKS HERE.
