It Was a Lot Scarier Looking Down

When falling is the only option

Photo by Erik Lucatero on Unsplash

I was trying to get comfortable with the idea that I was about to walk off the roof out into empty space. Dizzy with fear, I stood at the edge of the garage, peering over the leaf-filled gutter to the pavement sixteen feet below. But I couldn’t make myself do it—for obvious reasons—having to do with pesky urges about av…