"And yet I ultimately always circle back to hope, because shit, what else is there? If we give up we definitely lose. Trying is the only option."

Mia Birdsong invites us to imagine a world outside of the American Dream™. She guides us through the myriad unconventional ways that people show up for each other, not just parents and siblings, but chosen family, co-journers, neighbors and more. She urges us to create communities outside the norm because they matter, they make life richer and fuller and easier, and are essential to our well-being.