On wandering into the new & week 35 of 52

we all have a story that comes before and a story that comes after

“Home is everything you can walk to.” —Rebecca Solnit

It was a simple walk, no more than a mile from my home.

I was in my early twenties and barely able to stand, let alone move one foot in front of the other. What came before this moment doesn’t matter. What matters is that this was the first part of a journey from a sick and muddled time toward a new h…