I guess what I want you to know is that there was once a part of me that believed I was invincible, that everyone I loved was invincible. But who doesn’t think that to some degree? I’m not guilty of a cardinal sin. I’m only guilty of being human: a human who can, and it turns out will, die. There. I said it. The thing is, there are so many ways to go. There are the obvious ones, like diseases, botched surgeries, and car wrecks. But there are also not-so-obvious reasons. Like tripping over the laundry basket, tumbling down the stairs, and landing precisely the wrong way. Or getting a paper cut
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