I had to pause several times while reading and think about my own childhood. I saw myself cycling around and getting hurt, and I had to send a thought to my old friends. The picture that Jason included of his childhood friend, Tim, is touching because it tells the story of the many transitions we also had to go through as children – transitions that we had no control over.
“If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it,” they say. And it’s true. I wrote to Ryan and waited in suspense. And after a short while, he replied in as concise a manner as possible, “I can 100% do that, yes.”
It wasn’t easy to find the right artist with the right expression. I searched many places on the internet until I finally came across Omar and reached out to him. And from there, something happened that truly elevated my writing – and lifted me personally.
It was a huge surprise that I found one of the most genuine people I’ve encountered in a long time on . . . TikTok(!). A person who can do all the things I can’t: create personal, honest videos; be supportive and encouraging to others in the midst of the chaos; and overall, generate quality content.
There’s a crisis. The three-year-old with learning difficulties and me, the Toyota idiot, stand shoulder to shoulder and stare into space like two lost baby gnus separated from their mommy.
Recently, something terrible happened – something that made me so sad that I started reevaluating the very purpose of my life. Something that changed the value of my home, my stuff, and my will to live.
If you’re struggling to grasp the essence of a science fiction text, I believe this model, coupled with the ensuing discussion, could serve as a catalyst for an engaging analysis.
