Archive - AboveAverageJen’s Substack

I was going through old boxes tonight.

Dec 5 • AboveAverageJen

November 2025

Tessellation & Transformation

One time, someone said to me, “All the water that has ever been on Earth is still here.”

Nov 2 • AboveAverageJen

October 2025

Wisdom isn’t certainty.

Oct 6 • AboveAverageJen

September 2025

Arms of Love at Last

The weight of the world is love.

Sep 26 • AboveAverageJen

Sunflower Season

There’s a time of year when the earth feels like it’s holding its breath.

Sep 7 • AboveAverageJen

August 2025

The Miracle of Being Discovered

I’ve always had this feeling that someday I would be discovered, like I was a secret the world hadn’t yet found.

Aug 31 • AboveAverageJen

The Superpower of Being Invisible

There’s a specific kind of ache that doesn’t announce itself with drama.

Aug 28 • AboveAverageJen

Wherever Mama is

We found the perfect pool.

Aug 24 • AboveAverageJen

We Did It Anyway

None of us know what we’re in.

Aug 23 • AboveAverageJen

Somebody, Somewhere….

Somebody, somewhere, just laughed for the first time in a way that made them wonder if maybe joy is back after all.

Aug 20 • AboveAverageJen

We move through the world like it’s ordinary, like our breath is not borrowed from stars and like our eyes are not coded to perceive miracles and call…

Aug 20 • AboveAverageJen

The Twins Within

To be hunted by grief and haunted by joy and somehow grateful for both is the deepest kind of madness.

Aug 19 • AboveAverageJen

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