gm writers, today's /words prompt:

Life is short, and too often wasted.

Prompt: Share a time you had a wake-up call in your life and took action to change the way you spend your precious time.

Format: answer in quote cast (in /words channel)

Deadline: end of day EST

Genuine participants will be tipped $degen

In 2014 I brought the guy I was in a situationship with to a Jersey City ER. He then returned to CA, forced to relearn how to walk. I later learned it was an overdose. I’d been oblivious and naive. 

I learned patience, empathy, and unconditional love. Our past was tumultuous. Our present is together, supportive.✨

product innovation. writing hobbiest. lover of whimsy. mother of dog.✨