Olivia Hightower
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Till We Have Faces
When I was little, my mother told me never to speak to strangers; but every face I encounter is a stranger to me, even my mother’s face. I have Prosopagnosia, or face blindness. No, I’m not literally blind. And no, I don’t see just a blur of skin where a face should be. My brain simply doesn’t process facial recognition as it should.
By Olivia Hightower5 years ago in Psyche
Certain.
“Due to the global pandemic, we have made the painful decision to postpone our wedding until further notice.” As I typed out those words in an email to my guests two weeks before my wedding, I placed my head on the keyboard and let out a guttural howl. Like so many brides in 2020, I made the difficult decision to postpone my carefully curated Pinterest wedding to an unknown future. And I felt so selfish. How could I cry about canceled plans when so many were dying.
By Olivia Hightower5 years ago in Marriage
