Status Updates From Angels of the Pacific

What surprised me more than anything was how quickly everything had changed. In an instant, our lives could be irrevocably altered-and even ended. And the future? There was no predicting it, no taking anything for granted anymore. No one knew what lay ahead.

–Security & safety is an illusion. You're always one unexpected event away from being in a vulnerable circumstance yourself, so be compassionate towards others.

War, I was realizing, demands a lot of blood.