"When we feel we have too much space", she says, "it can be uncomfortable." "No kidding." I think.
"We try to fill that space with something, anything. We call a friend, dive into work, or stuff down a muffin. We drown the emptiness in hot chocolate, or worse, in alcohol. Anything so that we don’t have to face that void."
Helen reads from her book Hiraeth- Our Longing for Belonging. Order it now from hiraethbook.org