Erynn Brook's Twitter Thread

Tue 14 Jan 2020

Read the full text of Erynn's Tweets as she describes the story of helping a young woman having an epileptic seizure on a Toronto subway train.

Read the story below.

If they knew me a little better, they would see that I'm not that different.

Shane Burcaw

Not So Different

Shane Burcaw, the author of Not So Different, lies sideways in deep grass. His facial expression is one of surprise

I wish I could see what you see up there in that blue, blue sky.

Nan Forler

Trampoline Boy

Two young children touch hands as they swing in the air like acrobats

Down became up. Dim became bright. Gloom became glad.

Kyo Maclear

Virginia Wolf

illustration of a young girl sitting in a tree looking down at a fantasy version of a black wolf

If I'm quiet, I might just hear the stars sing.

Rachna Gilmore

A Screaming Kind of Day

Young girl with hood standing in the rain

We are each given more of some things and less of others.

Eric Walters

My Name is Blessing

A young African boy runs smiling to school. All but two fingers on his hands are malformed