Before I Let Go

by Marieke Nijkamp

“My mind is a stranger to me,” she repeated, harsher this time. “I can’t control what it does. I know I can’t change that, but I can try to find a better way to live with it.”

Stories remind me that I’m not the only one to deal with this. Stories make me feel less alone.”

Intent only takes us so far. It’s a shield people hide behind, but not a weapon.”