The death of Anthony Bourdain hit me hard. I waited a second to post this blog, but maybe I shouldn't have. I'm sick of society referring to #depression as a "disease". We're not talking #schizophrenia here - we're talking general depression - a completely normal human response to feeling #unhappy that can be triggered by a large scale of events such as feeling trapped, #uninspired, hurt, etc. I was a happy kid. Really creative, always winning awards, good in school. But the

Today I sat with pen and paper in one of my favorite #London #coffeeshops, "Ginger & White", in #BelsizePark. It's been a long time since I sat down with an actual pen and paper. 10 days ago I was extremely #lucky to be visited by my #American family in #England. #Life stopped. For months I'd anticipated their coming, feeling the withdrawal of family #togetherness. For weeks, I felt like a #kid waiting for her own birthday party to start - that anxious #excitement and #frustr