Floating in the Ocean at Malibu Beach Was the Moment I Knew I Had Finally Healed

On strawberries, sunshine, and saltwater

Kitty Williams
Age of Empathy
Published in
8 min readMar 16, 2022

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Photo by Alexandre Weiss from Pexels — cropped by author

“Car rides to Malibu, strawberry ice cream, one spoon for two”

— Olivia Rodrigo, deja vu

When I arrived in Malibu on a glorious August day, I stepped onto the sandy beach and ran to greet the ocean as her waves…

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Kitty Williams
Age of Empathy

writer of sad poetry & essays on feminism, politics, LGBTQ, religion & whatever else I feel like. bookworm, stargazer, daydreamer & devoted mom to fur babies