The November edition of the IndieWeb Carnival is about impact. Host Xandra invites us to reflect on, among other things, “what has made the biggest impact on your personality?" A golden retriever-like, glitter-in-your-face enthusiasm for life is one way I sometimes use to describe myself. I see it appear in the Get Well Soon card my coworkers put together. “I miss your smile!” “I miss my compliments!” I am but one day out of my cast.

At the end of the shopping street for people who look like they do in the magazines there’s a blonde marching in place waiting for the light to turn green. She is not running per se, rather she’s hinting at running. Selling it, the way Charlize Theron sells a night to remember in a perfume commercial with next to nothing for evidence. Me, a tired mother, and a tennis player with wet hair

As soon as she hands you the gift you know it’s another one “Trans Life Survivors” says the cover “Merry Christmas!” says your sister you have only been using they/them pronouns in private for a year or so it’ll look so beautiful next to the ex-gay book your other sister presented to you on your birthday last month At family dinner you spend bathroom breaks in your childhood bedroom five in total