Where I Was Once Immortal

This is the first essay in the book that I just suddenly decided to start writing earlier today. I've been working on a novel, and I feel like I might be better off working and shifting back and forth between the two. Like when I get stuck on one, I jump to the other, and back. Who knows, maybe it'll work right? And so here's the essay:

Thirty and the years around it are usually the beginning of exposure to health issues. Of course there will be certain complications before it, but it's at...