The Exquisite Difficulty of Taking Up Space

Making peace with the space around me is all about daring to occupy it on my own terms.

Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash

When I was little, I knew many other kids who liked to imagine they’d come from somewhere else. They’d get sick of following the rules and fantasize that their birth parents were movie stars, rock musicians, or royalty from some faraway country…