The Kiss Countdown

by Etta Easton

by now if all those brilliant scientists, doctors, and big pharma companies had to deal with seeing their loved ones in excruciating pain on the regular instead of it being a plague to a group of people who too many doctors still inconceivably believe feel pain differently.

I remember how, as a kid, I used to get

jealous whenever a fellow classmate would break an arm or leg, and everyone would sign their cast. I thought they looked so cool and wanted one for myself.

“You deserve to find that balance. Your career and everything you’re doing is amazing, but it’s only a part of who you are. The whole of you needs to be nourished.”

“It gives me perspective. The moon was here when Earth was still forming. She is billions of years old and still there. She can be testy sometimes, and why not? She’s been hit with blow after blow. But she still rises. Still stands strong. She’s truly beautiful, in all her phases.”