I Can Only Promise

People seem to think about reincarnations a lot. They believe that their birthmark was where they were killed in their past life. Some, however, believe that once they die they spend their time in a dark “void,” while others believe that they get to watch their lives play out over their eyelids. I’m here to…

“Just Missing”

Nine hundred thousand people are reported missing and never found. My sister was nine hundred thousand and one. I remember searching all night – our father’s flashlight slicing through the trees, our mother’s cries engraved in my soul – never wanting to be heard again, yet every night muffled by her goose-down pillow. My sister…