#post-traumatic-stress

#post-traumatic-stress

I remember touching my face in the mirror, seeing the weight I'd lost, just 64 kilos, and that was after a very well-publicised McDonald's and a taste of Saudi's finest cuisine, but my eyes didn't blink the same way and it showed. My mother caught me out in the garden one autumn afternoon, a mix of drizzle and sunlight, the ground wet, my bare feet sinking into the grass.

Dear God, please let us get there safely, Ms. Lytle recalled praying aloud.