The Great Alone
It is so easy to be pulled into the aloneness. That part of our mind that is dark, that swims with the unknown and has doubt as a weapon. It’s the quiet, where nothing is in reach, and it’s hard to see clearly. I pull up to the hospital Saturday morning, the one where Levi’s little brother has just been born in. I am all sweat, my hair stuck to my head, my clothes still wet from class. Levi was quiet for the ride, his eyes out the window, his breaths unsteady. He is unco