When I Get Jealous - by Anna Fusco - Unsupervised

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“I’m doing grief right. In my exhaustion, impatience, frustration and all the rest, I’m a good griever. Am I there yet? No. That’s correct.” Jessica Dore Offering: July 23, 2023 Dear reader, It’s the middle of August. I’ve been eating watermelon every day until my belly aches, taking rides to nowhere in particular on the back of T.’s motorcycle, and feeling jealous of everything more than usual. Jealousy frustrates me unlike any other emotion I experience. I’m not very nice to myself when I get jealous. Often when I notice its presence, I use my energy to swat it away while shaming myself…

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