The Chaos of Standing Still

by Jessica Brody

That’s the thing about Homes. After you lose the things that make them worthy of a capital H, all you’re left with is an empty, lowercase house.

“Any system, if left unattended or isolated, will eventually result in entropy. Or chaos.”

Grief isn’t an active emotion. It’s not something you do. It’s something that happens to you.

“Grief changes the way you see things forever. Because it changes you forever.”

I spent so many years trying to catch a fragment of her light that I failed to realize I could shine on my own.