Here on Earth

I met an elderly woman on my walk who told me she adopts abused birds. "When they're stressed their feathers fall out. I know, I have it too, my hair falls out from anxiety. I wear wigs all the time," she said.

I met a young woman in the pool who is trying to learn how to swim. "It's taking me longer because I have a fear of drowning," she said. "My job is so stressful because it is all women and drama, it's like Broadway! There is this one woman who picks on me. I am the quiet one, I feel things and sense things deeply. Why is she jealous? I have two little dogs, they are my children and they sleep with me."