S01E003-I Was a Fucking Ninja: How a Sweet Holiday Story Was Inspired

In this episode of I Digress, Miles traces the unlikely path from a feral kindergarten escape, a childhood spent observing friendship from the edges, and the strange permissions of being labeled “cute,” to the creation of a tender holiday story written at nineteen.Along the way, Diane reflects on growing up Gen X, cultural misunderstanding, quiet defiance, and how paying attention — really paying attention — became both a survival skill and a creative gift.This episode ends not with a reading, but with music.Sometimes stories take decades to find their final form.This one learned how to sing.