Learning To Live By Leaving Home— Re-entering Los Angeles After A Year Abroad

My take on “re-entry” for Medium’s latest writing challenge

There was a thwack, several violent bumps, and then my vision returned. I hazily looked up at my friend, who was staring at me, dumbstruck. I had fainted down a spiral staircase and my face was, as he described it, split open. I needed…