I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting. - Saeed Jones

I though productivity was what survival looked like.

The first book that stopped me was for parents dealing with gay children. The introduction was worded like it was intended for readers coping with a late-stage cancer diagnosis. I put the book back on the shelf, wrong side out.

AC had been broken all summer. A breeze drifted into the car, then slipped away as if it knew to leave us alone.