The Secrets of Strangers
It's been a feature of my life, ever since I can remember. Actually, since the age of about 13 when an older friend of my older sister unexpectedly opened up about the state of her impoverished life. She was almost twice my age. I was too immature and inexperienced to exchange any personal resources or offer up any words of wisdom. All I could do was lend a patient and listening ear, which I suppose is all that this young, depressed mother of three toddlers needed at that tim