Cycles of Change

A seventeen-year-old sits at the back of a school cafeteria at lunch. He has sat there every day for two years. No one has learned his name. He opens his phone. He knows exactly who everyone remembers. The conditions that produce this moment are measurable. Social isolation severs the tether to [...]

A mother sits in her car in the school parking lot. It is Tuesday morning. She should be thinking about the grocery list or her afternoon meetings. Instead, she stares at the brick facade and feels nothing. The fear has gone quiet. What remains is heavier. The cycle has repeated so often her mind [...]