Dispatches

“The sun was a fitting metaphor to examine my life, because in many ways what was going on both nourished me and blinded me at the same time. I was living this life that was askew. My relationships with people that were supposed to be my closest seemed damaged. Though I love my brother, the fact that my working environment can be challenging has been well chronicled. Nothing was working like it should have been, but by many people’s standards, it was a dream come true…I had everything people work hard for at age 20, and now in my early 40s, in a lot of ways, I’m starting over like someone in their 20s.”