I’m writing a book about my 2016 accident because it was an event that split my life in two, and over time I realized I remembered it in fragments: isolated scenes, conversations, sensations, gaps. Writing it is a way of putting all that in order.

I’m not writing it to teach a lesson, or to make it “inspirational.” I don’t want to tell it as a tragedy either. I prefer to describe it as it was and as I understand it now, calmly and without exaggeration.

There’s another reason. When something like this happens, the story stays in the family, with friends, in what people think happened. This book is my complete version, with the details I do remember and also with what is still unclear.

This process isn’t linear. Some days I write quickly, and other days I don’t move forward at all. Sometimes I rewrite the same thing several times until it sounds honest and simple. If something feels too dramatic, I cut it.

This site will work as a place to publish parts of the process:

  • book excerpts (when it makes sense to publish them)
  • notes about how I’m writing it
  • things I’ve learned while trying to remember and organize the story

Not everything I write will end up here. Some parts will stay private, and others I’ll handle carefully out of respect for people who appear in the story. If a detail changes or I correct something later, I’ll correct it without making a big deal out of it.

If you’re reading this: you don’t need prior context or to follow things in order. You can read a single piece on its own. The idea is that each entry stands by itself.