take a listen to your spirit, it's crying out loud

Fleetwood Mac
There comes a time in a woman's life when something shifts and she can no longer stay quiet; the truth of it all becomes too loud. For me, (and I suspect if you're reading this for you, too) that time is now.

Here, I explore life as a woman on the other side of quiet.

My essays, ruminations, and explorations include thoughts and questions surrounding love after divorce, relationships, family, friendship, my inability to say no, and my underlying quest to discover what it means to be a woman of a certain age who is not who I was told I should be, would be, could be, ought to be: a wife and a mother.

Within this site lies my truth and perhaps, a bit of your truth as well.

This is all that I left unsaid.
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Latest essay

Righteous Rage

I don’t remember showing you where I live and I certainly don’t remember inviting you over.
I have no idea what possessed you to show up at my screen door, uninvited and unannounced, at dusk, with a gift I didn’t ask for and didn’t want. I have no idea why you felt it necessary to take it upon yourself to tell me how to live my life or train my dog. I don’t remember asking for your advice. I don’t remember asking for your help. I don’t remember showing you where I live and I certainly don’t remember inviting you over.

I remember walking my dog. I remember living my life. I remember being kind. I remember smiling. I remember engaging in polite conversation. But I don’t remember an invitation.

Because there was no invitation. 

ABOUT ME

Emily Vitrano is an actor, teaching artist, and writer living* in the Chicago area. You can follow her acting career at www.emilyvitrano.com. She hates "about me" sections. 

*Ms. Vitrano feels it is imperative you know she is not from Chicago, but rather lives near Chicago, as she is originally from Milwaukee, WI and any confusion regarding where she is from will surely become a source of unmitigated stress for her family, all currently residing in the Milwaukee area. In fact, her recent procurement of an IL license plate has caused much unfortunate strife for her father, brothers and nephews, as evidenced by their preference she park "a couple blocks down" when visiting. Ms. Vitrano apologizes to her family in advance for mentioning Chicago in her bio. 

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did you, I don't know,
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You know, I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
Bernard Malamud, The Natural
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