Status Updates From A Song for Issy Bradley

ain’t the first—that hurts

I like the different perspectives

It’s lowkey interesting. The mum is lowkey hating Mormon life. At the end of each little chapter there’s two lines about Issy that are intriguing

the colossal man had said, ‘sometimes, the bravest thing to do is just to keep going.’

In Jogja, we fell asleep on a bench, thought it was hidden enough from the main road, but—around midnight, a security guard woke me up. ‘shite! We’re caught,’were me first thought. Then in the morning, we thanked him for letting us crash in his post so we could rest a bit before heading to Solo.

reminds me of the time when me dad just passed away—I was calm, talking normal with folks around, but …when i rang a mate on the phone, me couldn’t say a word. Just sobbed, tears streamin down like I’d burst open.