The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After

by Julie Yip-Williams

Dying has taught me a great deal about living—about facing hard truths consciously, about embracing the suffering as well as the joy. Wrapping my arms around the hard parts was perhaps the great liberating experience of my life.

Live while you’re living, friends. From the beginning of the miracle, to the unwinding of the miracle.

Relief cannot exist without pain. Compassion cannot exist without cruelty. Courage cannot exist without fear. Hope cannot exist without despair. Wisdom

cannot exist without suffering.

Gratitude cannot exist without deprivation. Paradoxes abound in this life. Living is an exercis...