I like to think that before we enter this world, we are asked to sign a kind of cosmic release form,
Acknowledging the extreme risk it is to care deeply about anything or anyone or anyplace.
I imagine it goes something like this,
“I hereby acknowledge that in exchange for the chance to live, I must accept both pain and pleasure, joy and sorrow often exact at the same time.”
This is the ticket price for the chance to live.
- Laurel Braitman

















