We lost my father in 2022, right in the middle of the 2nd wave of COVID and just two months after my first daughter was born. Two months before she was born, I had just lost my brother-in-law and uncle to the same virus.
At 17, my world shrunk to the size of a cell. When you are sentenced to eight years, time becomes your greatest enemy or your most potent resource. I chose the latter.
Six weeks ago, hardware failures (my left elbow, hand, and wrist) took me offline. In 2020, it was my left tibia. In 1996, it was my freedom.
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