Literature
Chasing Catharsis
They preferred iced coffee. That's how it started. They left one morning in august to go to a local coffee shop, it's less than two blocks away from our apartment. Having suffered from fibromyalgia for most of their adult life, my partner, KC, chose to drive the short distance. On the second of the two turns necessary to arrive at their destination, there was a man with a loaf of bread crossing the street in a crosswalk. After having slowed and ultimately stopped for the man, a distracted driver rounded the corner from the thoroughfare at speed and collided with KC's then stationary vehicle.
Safety equipment being what it is, KC was