when improv meets illness + widowhood

Hi, I’m Drew

You know when things are going so perfectly that you wake up each day, overwhelmed by how "right" it all feels? And you just want someone to pinch you so you know it's real life? Me neither. Subscribe below and explore my blog.

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I said YES!*

*to an exciting new project! If you do one thing today, follow Love Per DM on Instagram! Here's why: I've written a lot about my life...

Just July

Last week, on the first of July, my neighbor Tracy surprised me with this vase of flowers. With it was a handwritten note praising my...

Bone voyage

“Looks like a knee replacement to me,” a poll worker said when I walkered into my voting precinct last week. “Close!” I responded. “A...

Joyful June: I Broke Myself

As May drew to an end, I decided I wanted to approach June with a different perspective. Having become increasingly bogged down by the...

A Graduation Speech Do-Over

On a balmy Georgia night twenty years ago, I stood behind a podium on the temporary stage erected on my high school’s football field....

Happy Birthday, Dirty Ramón

Today I feel your presence in the rustling leaves and chirping birds. I taste your appreciation in the Blizzard I got in honor of your...

Sick of medicine. Sick without it.

I had seven voicemails when I returned home from a magical, soul-inspiring trip to Scotland in March. They were all from pharmacies....

At therapy this morning...

"At therapy this morning" seems like a quick, somewhat cheap way to capture someone's attention. But it just so happens to be an accurate...

Auld Lang Syne-Off

It’s been ten loooong days since I returned home from Scotland. While there, I saw more beauty than I could process. But part of what...

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My name is Drew Dotson, and my life has been anything but perfect, yet it's still perfectly beautiful. After growing up with a genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, I was blessed to meet an amazing man who loved me without bounds. Then he died.

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