Nathan

It´s said that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes like a movie reel, showing you every moment—good or bad—even the ones you thought you'd long forgotten. I used to think that was just a comforting myth. But now, watching memories from my childhood that had been buried deep in my mind play out before me, I realize: I'm going to die.

I watch scenes from my life unfold. My mother, crying inconsolably again and again. A nine-year-old version of myself swearing ...