The landscape rolled forever, disappearing into a bright blue sky. So much bigger than her. Bigger than anything, right? But just like a lot of the platitudes she’d been feeding herself since Pittsburgh, telling herself that her problems were tiny in comparison to the world . . . didn’t help the pain so much. Now the fact that she’d rekindled her courage alone? Put it to use by kayaking, hot air ballooning, trying new restaurants, existing with a broken heart? That helped. A lot.

