The Void Between the Stars

It’s my last morning in Cusco, the capital of the Incas. Three months of sun, simplicity, and something that feels like sanity.

Yesterday, I woke up to news of a school shooting in BC. Rare for Canada. Not rare for the world anymore.

I felt immediate dread in my chest. I know friends and family on the precipice of calling in new life. And I’m afraid of wh…