Common Sense

Of course no one expects the moments that change your life forever. We all make plans and hope things work out a certain way, but then on some random Tuesday with no warning whatsoever you’re blind-sided by some event so simple, yet so spectacular, that it fundamentally alters the very foundation of all you hold [...]

The Death Of My Dreams

When I was little the best defense against all danger was the vest; that item of clothing I was assured — by parents and a grandmother and an aunt — would keep me safe from all illness and calamity, no matter how extreme. Initially this wasn’t something I questioned much, it was just part of [...]