Surreality of Youth

Day 49 of the 100 Day Project

When I saw this wild baby horse, I thought of Kelsey. Just like his, hers was a life full of youth and freedom and hope.

And then, suddenly, it wasn’t.

What an oddity it was being surrounded by the incredible natural beauty of Theodore Roosevelt National Park when something so surreal was happening back home. Wading in the pool between the natural and the unnatural — the real and the surreal — I felt my feet sinking.

Where would I find my solid ground, my solace?