I feel like I’ve spent so much of my time as a grown-up figuring out who and what my daily people and places are: these little connections become routine, reliable, until the day when one of them moves locations or a business closes entirely, and your routine has to change. The shift is small and yet a shock to the system, a momentary inconvenience but also a reminder that impermanence looms, and nothing—and no one—lives forever.
