The Body Knows What It Needs

To Buddy

February 21st, 2026

10 years later

The brewery has turned 10 years old

Cynthia is a senior in college

Stephen is a senior in high school

My friend Cassie has been violently murdered by a man whom she worked with and dated

Bagel seems like he is declining

Sweetie needs open heart surgery

My mom, oh, my mom — she continues to fall down with no explanation

We are on the first Sunday of Lent and I have never felt the Lenten Season so heavily in my bones