Before I was Richard…
I was Richie.
I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.
— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
I Once Was Richie
is the story of the boy I protected by becoming Richard… and of purposefully creating space for him to simply be again.
Rich _ _ / _
At Home
Words
Away from Home
Words
Lost in My Head
Words