So Far Away From Home

In this very car I once sat — happy, carefree, my two brothers and I laughing, playing games, messing around, my parents telling jokes up front. Now, I’m the one who’s driving it. And I’m driving all alone, down an unfamiliar road that stretches out before me as far as the eye can see.

The road is not smooth. It’s riddled with bumps and potholes. Tremors pulse through my body every time the car shakes or skids or bounces up…