Grief and the Comfort of Strangers

Grief and the Comfort of Strangers

When my brother died in a car accident, I couldn’t bear to be around friends and family. My only relief was talking to a complete stranger, a person I’d never met and didn’t know.
The Everlasting Beauty of a Brief Romance

The Everlasting Beauty of a Brief Romance

I used to think of accidental connections as a deceptively simple concept in the guise of a grand scheme of life-changing events. But I soon realised that they aren’t. They are, at best, idealistic dreams that cannot be a party to the realities of life.