I Thought My Brother’s Wedding Invite Would Make Me Smile. The Envelope Did the Opposite.

Audrey observed our last night together in Bangkok. “Less tense. More present.”

“Thailand changed me,” I said. “Or rather, it gave me space to change myself.”

The flight back to Boston gave me time to prepare mentally for reentry. I’d been gone just over three weeks, but it felt like years. The journal I’d started was now filled with observations, insights,continue reading …