"I need a transplant," I hear myself say to one of my dearest friends, tears welling up in my eyes. Silence strikes me, and I feel the air thicken as I search her face for a reaction, some sort of acknowledgement or humanity — sadness, shock; anything, but there is...
TRAVEL + CULTURE
1. Grievance
I never had time to grieve. In a world where it is increasingly difficult to find “space” and “time” and where it seems we don’t know how to cope with stress, who has time to grieve? It’s a gripping moment when people find themselves facing fate, especially one they...