I used to think God made a mistake when he made me. This is how I realized I was wrong. View this image › Illustration by Paula Searing for BuzzFeed I went to a wedding last summer. I was wearing a cute new dress and sweet little flats. I felt pretty. The time between the […]
The doctors prescribe pills that cause uncontrolled muscle movements, mania, and hallucinations. Our family clings to storytelling in order to survive. View this image › Illustration by Ilana Denis Bauer for BuzzFeed My father is always listening. He has baby monitors set up in every room, so that he can hear my mother when she […]
I fought sweat and tears to bury my grandfather in the mountains of Jamaica, his last home. View this image › Digging my grandfather’s grave Aaron Edwards When someone dies in Accompong Town, in the hills of central Jamaica, neighbors dig the grave because there is no one else to do it. If you ask […]
It’s made me more aware of certain things on the road — but possibly less mindful. View this image › Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed It was August; California was boiling with heat; and I’d mapped out a plan that would find me driving nearly 6,000 miles, mostly back and forth between grandparents in the Midwest. […]