Which Do We Actually Need More, an Eternity to Love or More Presence in the Moment?

The Parent Immortal

Image by Kunj Parekh

As a teenager, the vampire myth appealed to me like no other. I romanticized the idea of living forever and of maintaining a hold on the youthful invincibility that even then I feared ending. I felt like I was born with a hyper-awareness that time was running out, and it hunted me daily.