The Day of Atonement 2022
It's been a year since "The Day of Atonement" part 1. It's strange to think how much has changed since then. I've been through not one, but two seasons of change. The first season was the Spring semester of my senior year - new roommates, friends, boyfriend. The second season is the one I am in now: adulthood, New York, my job, my life as a single person in recovery from several heartbreaks. I think it's perfect timing that last night I finished the book I was reading, The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferarre. To be hoenst, I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish the book. It was extremely depressing at times and I was almost too scared to continue reading, as to face the pages was to face my own fears and experiences. The book is about an Italian woman, who's husband leaves her one day for a much younger, and beautiful woman. He leaves her with two kids, a dog, and a home to take care of. Her world comes crashing down in an instant; and in...