Susanna

“While I hated the hospital, I looked forward to seeing my friends. It was too easy to drift in detachment and surrender to grim inevitability. There was absolutely nothing I could do for my friends, but love and friendship are the antidote to helplessness. The visits may not have provided a cure to them or me, but a hug pierced the dark clouds that surrounded us, even if only for an instant.”
― Jonathan Tepper, Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction