1The flight attendant pointed to the exit signs, as if no one had ever been on a plane before and then demonstrated the life masks. I thought maybe I should steal one – stick it in my bag. You never know when you might need a life mask.
I was already strapped into seat 21B, beside a huge man who really needed two seats. His legs were sprawled out in front of me. I told myself that it wasn’t his fault that there wasn’t enough room for his body. I would just have to live with it. For eighteen hours.
Mom put her backpack in the overhead compartment. “Here, Honey,” she said, handing me a book. “In case I fall asleep and you get bored.”
The book looked like An i***t’s Guide to Grief. I felt like tossing it back at her.
“You think a freaking book is going to help? Maybe if it was called, How
