Reflecting humanity

Reflecting humanity

It was raining heavily, rush hour, darkening skies despite the August date. With two teenagers in the back, excited by the film they had just seen, and the windscreen wipers on fast, I navigated the queueing cars in both lanes, sighing at the realisation that the...
Reckoning: hopelessness and helplessness

Reckoning: hopelessness and helplessness

She was the first patient of my 10am shift a couple of months ago but I’ve thought a lot about her and her children since then. I spent three hours talking with her and about her. Yet, in the end, I couldn’t really help her. She and her friend followed me into the...