Archive - AboveAverageJen’s Substack

Black Mile to the Surface

There is a moment no one talks about.

Jul 20 • AboveAverageJen

June 2026

Night skies and Fireflies

Tonight, I stood in my backyard holding a bouquet I bought myself.

Jun 21 • AboveAverageJen

Honeyed Gravity

There is a season of life that arrives without announcing itself.

Jun 11 • AboveAverageJen

Let Yourself Be Loved

The older I get, the more I realize that receiving love may be harder than giving it.

Jun 11 • AboveAverageJen

The Art of Living

I’ve been thinking a lot about the construction of reality and the stories we tell about our lives.

Jun 6 • AboveAverageJen

May 2026

The Measure of Love

Many people are more comfortable witnessing hardship than being inconvenienced by it.

May 31 • AboveAverageJen

Unwitnessed Love

We spend a surprising amount of our lives performing.

May 30 • AboveAverageJen

Today I watched my kids scooter in circles around a pond like tiny planets with their own gravity.

May 18 • AboveAverageJen

The Price of Love

I wasn’t expecting a Luke Combs song to emotionally assault me in the middle of an ordinary drive.

May 16 • AboveAverageJen

April 2026

Ask anyone what color the sky is, and they’ll answer without looking.

Apr 19 • AboveAverageJen

“The daffodils are blooming!!”

Apr 1 • AboveAverageJen

March 2026

The Color I Became

They say it to mothers like a reassurance: You’ll get your pink back.

Mar 27 • AboveAverageJen

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