Healing from anything, be it fear or the darkness of winter or personal sadness, requires focus. Narrowing our vision to a speck before us — a speck that isn’t terrible, that may be okay — and losing sight of what is graying our world. And, we look at that speck, write about it, hold it close, gather warmth from it until we can look beyond it.

Your stories and your special places are your treasured specks, Priyanka. Thank you for sharing them with us.